| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Strigamia acuminata (Leach, 1816) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Strigamia acuminata, commonly called the shorter red centipede, is a centipede in the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha.
Description
Strigamia acuminata is red-brown in colour. This species can reach 40 mm in length. Males of this species have 37 to 41 pairs of legs, females have 39 to 43. 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."
Habitat
Strigamia acuminata lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales (common in Leicestershire and Rutland), and elsewhere in western and central Europe. It is also recorded in Canada.
Notes
- Several sources incorrectly give the date of Leach's description of S. acuminata as 1815.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Strigamia acuminata | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk.
- ^ 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 . 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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