Strigamia acuminata
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| Photographed in Derbyshire, England | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Linotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Strigamia |
| Species: | S. acuminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Strigamia acuminata | |
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Strigamia acuminata, commonly called the shorter red centipede, is a centipede in the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha.[3]
Description[edit]
Strigamia acuminata is red-brown in colour.[4] This species can reach 40 mm in length.[5] Males of this species have 37 to 41 pairs of legs, females have 39 to 43.[5] Like other Strigamia, it has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw, and large widely scattered coxal pores on the last legs. The specific name acuminata means "pointed, sharp."[1][6]
Habitat[edit]
Strigamia acuminata lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales (common in Leicestershire and Rutland),[4] and elsewhere in western and central Europe.[7] It is also recorded in Canada.[8]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Several sources incorrectly give the date of Leach's description of S. acuminata as 1815.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Strigamia acuminata | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". bmig.org.uk.
- ^ "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
- ^ "Shorter Red Centipede (Strigamia acuminata)". iNaturalist Canada.
- ^ a b "Strigamia acuminata | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk.
- ^ a b Bonato, Lucio; Danyi, Laszlo; Socci, Antonio Augusto; Minelli, Alessandro (2012-12-20). "Species diversity of Strigamia Gray, 1843 (Chilopoda: Linotaeniidae): a preliminary synthesis". Zootaxa. 3593 (1): 1–39 [8]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3593.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ "Latin Definition for: acuminatus, acuminata, acuminatum (ID: 676) - Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources - Latdict". latin-dictionary.net.
- ^ "Strigamia acuminata (Leach 1815) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
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