Strigamia

Strigamia
Strigamia maritima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

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]

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  2. ^ Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1954). "Notes on the chilopod genera Linotaenia and Tomotaenia with description of a new Korynia". Entomological News. 65 (5): 117–122. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Paraplanes Verhoeff, 1933". ChiloBase 2.0. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443 [414]. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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  6. ^ Minelli, Alessandro (2011). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1. Brill. p. 546. ISBN 978-90-04-15611-1. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  7. ^ Scarborough, John (February 19, 1992). Medical and Biological Terminologies: Classical Origins. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806130293 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b c Bonato, Lucio; Bortolin, Francesca; Drago, Leandro; Orlando, Marco; Dányi, László (2017). "Evolution of Strigamia centipedes (Chilopoda): a first molecular assessment of phylogeny and divergence times". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (4): 486–495 [493, Appendix S1, pp. 6, 11]. doi:10.1111/zsc.12234. hdl:11577/3223323. ISSN 0300-3256.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Bonato, L.; Chagas Junior, A.; Edgecombe, G.D.; Lewis, J.G.E.; Minelli, A.; Pereira, L.A.; Shelley, R.M.; Stoev, P.; Zapparoli, M. (2016). "Strigamia lutea Matic, 1985". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2024-01-30.