Strigamia

Strigamia is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Linotaeniidae found in temperate parts of the Holarctic region.^[4] Members of this family can be identified by their anteriorly tapering bodies, the extra claw on the forcipules (venom-injecting fangs),^[5] scattered coxal pores, and the distinctly swollen ultimate legs of the males.^[6] The generic name is from Latin striga, "strip," referring to its strip of bristles.^[7]

Strigamia
Strigamia maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Linotaeniidae
Genus:	Strigamia Gray, 1843
Synonyms[1][2][3]
Linotaenia C.L Koch, 1847 Scolioplanes Bergsoe & Meinert, 1866 Paraplanes Verhoeff, 1933

Centipedes in this genus can reach 15 cm in length (in the North American species S. epileptica) and can have as few as 31 pairs of legs (in the Taiwanese species, S. nana, with 31 to 35 in both sexes,^[8] and in the North American species S. hoffmani, with 31 to 35 pairs in males, 35 or 37 in females) or as many as 83 leg pairs (in S. epileptica, with 65 to 69 pairs in males, 71 to 83 in females).^[9] Other species with notably few legs include the Siberian species S. sibirica (33 pairs in males, 33 or 35 in females), the Japanese species S. korsosi (33 or 35 in males, 35 or 37 in females), and the Romanian species S. lutea (35 pairs in males, 37 in females).^[10][9][8] The species S. nana and S. korsosi are notable for their small sizes (no more than 15 mm long) as well as for their modest number of legs.^[8]

Species

There are at least 50 described species in Strigamia, including the following species:^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

• Strigamia acuminata Leach (1816) ^{c g[16]}
• Strigamia alokosternum Attems (1927) ^{c g}
• Strigamia auxa Chamberlin, 1954 ^g
• Strigamia bicolor Shinohara 1981 ^{c g}
• Strigamia bidens Wood, 1862 ^{c g b}
• Strigamia bothriopus Wood, 1862 ^{c g b}
• Strigamia branneri Bollman C.H. (1888) ^{c g b}
• Strigamia carmela Chamberlin, 1941 ^g
• Strigamia caucasia Verhoeff (1938) ^{c g}
• Strigamia cephalica Wood 1862 ^{c g}
• Strigamia chionophila Wood, 1862 ^{c g b}
• Strigamia cottiana Verhoeff (1935) ^{c g}
• Strigamia crassipes Koch (1835) ^{c g}
• Strigamia crinita Attems (1929) ^{c g}
• Strigamia engadina Verhoeff (1935) ^{c g}
• Strigamia epileptica Wood, 1862 ^{c g b}
• Strigamia exul Meinert (1886) ^{c g}
• Strigamia filicornis Wood 1862 ^{c g}
• Strigamia fulva Sager 1856 ^{c g}
• Strigamia fusata Attems, 1903 ^g
• Strigamia gracilis Wood 1867 ^{c g}
• Strigamia herzegowinensis Verhoeff (1935) ^{c g}
• Strigamia hirsutipes Attems (1927) ^{c g}
• Strigamia hoffmani Pereira, 2009 ^g
• Strigamia inthanoni Bonato, Bortolin, Drago, Orlando and Dányi, 2017^{i g}
• Strigamia japonica Verhoeff (1935) ^{c g}
• Strigamia kerrana Chamberlin (1940) ^{c g}
• Strigamia laevipes Wood 1862 ^{c g}
• Strigamia lampra Chamberlin, 1938 ^g
• Strigamia longicornis Meinert (1886) ^{c g}
• Strigamia lutea Matic, 1985 ^g
• Strigamia maculaticeps Wood 1862 ^{c g}
• Strigamia maritima Leach (1817) ^{c g}
• Strigamia monopora Takakuwa (1938) ^{c g}
• Strigamia munda Chamberlin (1952) ^{c g}
• Strigamia olympica Dobroruka 1977 ^{c g}
• Strigamia parviceps Wood 1862 ^{c g}
• Strigamia paucipora Matic, 1985 ^g
• Strigamia platydentata Shinohara 1981 ^{c g}
• Strigamia pseudopusillus Loksa (1962) ^{c g}
• Strigamia pusilla Seliwanoff (1884) ^{c g}
• Strigamia sacolinensis Meinert (1870) ^{c g}
• Strigamia sibirica Sseliwanoff (1881) ^{c g}
• Strigamia sulcata Seliwanoff, 1881 ^g
• Strigamia svenhedini Verhoeff, 1933 ^g
• Strigamia taeniophera Wood 1862 ^{c g}
• Strigamia tenuiungulata Takakuwa, 1938 ^g
• Strigamia texensis Chamberlin, 1941 ^g
• Strigamia transsilvanica Verhoeff (1928) ^{c g}
• Strigamia tripora Chamberlin, 1941 ^g
• Strigamia tropica Wood 1862 ^{c g}
• Strigamia urania Crabill, 1954 ^g
• Strigamia walkeri Wood 1865 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[17] c = Catalogue of Life,^[11] g = GBIF,^[12] b = Bugguide.net^[13]