| Strigamia acuminata | |
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| Photographed in Derbyshire, England | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Linotaeniidae |
| Genus: | Strigamia |
| Species: | S. acuminata |
| Binomial name | |
| Strigamia acuminata | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Strigamia acuminata, commonly called the shorter red centipede, is a centipede in the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha. [3]
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]
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]