Strigamia acuminata

Strigamia acuminata
Photographed in Derbyshire, England
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Geophilidae
Genus:	Strigamia
Species:	S. acuminata
Binomial name
Strigamia acuminata (Leach, 1816) [a]
Synonyms [2]
Scolioplanes microdonAttems, 1904 Scolioplanes brevidentatusVerhoeff, 1928 Scolioplanes crinitusAttems, 1929 Scolioplanes pachypusVerhoeff, 1935 Scolioplanes mediterraneusVerhoeff, 1928 Scolioplanes silvaenigraeVerhoeff, 1937

Strigamia acuminata, commonly called the shorter red centipede, ^[3] is a species of soil centipede in the subfamily Linotaeniinae, a clade formerly known as the family Linotaeniidae, ^[4] but now deemed a subfamily within the family Geophilidae. ^{[5] [6]}

Description

Strigamia acuminata is red-brown in colour. ^[7] This species can reach 40 mm in length. ^[8] Males of this species have 37 to 41 pairs of legs, females have 39 to 43. ^[8] 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] [9]}

Habitat

Strigamia acuminata lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales (common in Leicestershire and Rutland), ^[7] and elsewhere in western and central Europe. ^[10] It is also recorded in Canada. ^[11]

Notes

1. Several sources incorrectly give the date of Leach's description of S. acuminata as 1815. ^[1]

References

1. "Strigamia acuminata | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". bmig.org.uk.
2. "EUNIS -Species scientific and common names result". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
3. "Shorter Red Centipede (Strigamia acuminata)". iNaturalist Canada.
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 [430]. ISBN   978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC   812207443.
5. Yu, Yifei; You, Chunxue; Jiang, Chao (2025-10-30). "Taxonomy of the Strigamia centipedes from the East Asian mainland (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 101 (4): 2065–2101. doi: 10.3897/zse.101.160146 . ISSN   1860-0743.
6. 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 acuminata (Leach,1815)". ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
7. "Strigamia acuminata | NatureSpot". www.naturespot.org.uk.
8. 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.
9. "Latin Definition for: acuminatus, acuminata, acuminatum (ID: 676) - Latin Dictionary and Grammar Resources - Latdict". latin-dictionary.net.
10. "Strigamia acuminata (Leach 1815) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org.
11. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.