Strigamia Explained

Strigamia is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Linotaeniidae found in temperate parts of the Holarctic region.^[1] Members of this family can be identified by their anteriorly tapering bodies, the extra claw on the forcipules (venom-injecting fangs),^[2] scattered coxal pores, and the distinctly swollen ultimate legs of the males.^[3] The generic name is from Latin striga, "strip," referring to its strip of bristles.^[4]

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 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). The species S. hoffmani is notable for its small size (no more than 16 mm long) as well as for a small number of legs.^{[5] [6]} Other species with notably few legs include the Siberian species S. sibirica (33 pairs in males, 33 or 35 in females) and the Romanian species S. lutea (35 pairs in males, 37 in females).^[7]

Species

There are at least 50 described species in Strigamia, including the following species:

• Strigamia acuminata Leach (1816)

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• Strigamia alokosternum Attems (1927)

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• Strigamia auxa Chamberlin, 1954

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• Strigamia bicolor Shinohara 1981

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• Strigamia bidens Wood, 1862

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• Strigamia bothriopus Wood, 1862

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• Strigamia branneri Bollman C.H. (1888)

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• Strigamia carmela Chamberlin, 1941

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• Strigamia caucasia Verhoeff (1938)

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• Strigamia cephalica Wood 1862

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• Strigamia chionophila Wood, 1862

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• Strigamia cottiana Verhoeff (1935)

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• Strigamia crassipes Koch (1835)

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• Strigamia crinita Attems (1929)

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• Strigamia engadina Verhoeff (1935)

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• Strigamia epileptica Wood, 1862

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• Strigamia exul Meinert (1886)

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• Strigamia filicornis Wood 1862

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• Strigamia fulva Sager 1856

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• Strigamia fusata Attems, 1903

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• Strigamia gracilis Wood 1867

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• Strigamia herzegowinensis Verhoeff (1935)

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• Strigamia hirsutipes Attems (1927)

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• Strigamia hoffmani Pereira, 2009

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• Strigamia inthanoni Bonato, Bortolin, Drago, Orlando and Dányi, 2017

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• Strigamia japonica Verhoeff (1935)

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• Strigamia kerrana Chamberlin (1940)

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• Strigamia laevipes Wood 1862

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• Strigamia lampra Chamberlin, 1938

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• Strigamia longicornis Meinert (1886)

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• Strigamia lutea Matic, 1985

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• Strigamia maculaticeps Wood 1862

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• Strigamia maritima Leach (1817)

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• Strigamia monopora Takakuwa (1938)

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• Strigamia munda Chamberlin (1952)

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• Strigamia olympica Dobroruka 1977

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• Strigamia parviceps Wood 1862

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• Strigamia paucipora Matic, 1985

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• Strigamia platydentata Shinohara 1981

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• Strigamia pseudopusillus Loksa (1962)

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• Strigamia pusilla Seliwanoff (1884)

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• Strigamia sacolinensis Meinert (1870)

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• Strigamia sibirica Sseliwanoff (1881)

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• Strigamia sulcata Seliwanoff, 1881

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• Strigamia svenhedini Verhoeff, 1933

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• Strigamia taeniophera Wood 1862

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• Strigamia tenuiungulata Takakuwa, 1938

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• Strigamia texensis Chamberlin, 1941

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• Strigamia transsilvanica Verhoeff (1928)

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• Strigamia tripora Chamberlin, 1941

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• Strigamia tropica Wood 1862

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• Strigamia urania Crabill, 1954

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• Strigamia walkeri Wood 1865

^{c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Bonato . Lucio. Edgecombe . Gregory D.. Lewis . John G.E.. Minelli . Alessandro. Pereira . Luis A.. Shelley . Rowland M.. Zapparoli . Marzio. 4. 2010. A common terminology for the external anatomy of centipedes (Chilopoda). ZooKeys. 69. 17–51. 10.3897/zookeys.69.737. 21594038. 3088443. free.
• Book: Brusca . Richard C.. Moore . Wendy. Shuster . Stephen M.. 2016. Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press. 3rd. 978-1605353753.
• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
• Cupul-Magaña . Fabio Germán. 2011. Centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda) of Biologia Centrali-Americana: Current status of the names. International Journal of Myriapodology. 5. 55–62 . 10.3897/ijm.5.1865. free.
• Edgecombe . Gregory D.. Giribet . Gonzalo. 2006. Evolutionary Biology of Centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda). 16872257. Annual Review of Entomology. 52. 151–170 . 10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091326.
• Jeekel . Casimir Albrecht Willem. 2005. Nomenclator generum et familiarum Chilopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Chilopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Myriapod Memoranda. 1.
• Undheim . Eivind A.B.. King . Glenn F.. 2011. On the venom system of centipedes (Chilopoda), a neglected group of venomous animals. Toxicon. 57. 4. 512–524. 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.01.004. 21255597.

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Notes and References

1. Book: Bonato . Lucio . The Myriapoda. Volume 1 . Edgecombe . Gregory D. . Zapparoli . Marzio . 2011 . Brill . 2011 . 978-90-04-18826-6 . Minelli . Alessandro . Leiden . 363–443 [414] . Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview . 812207443.
2. Web site: Genus Strigamia . BugGuide . 9 July 2022.
3. Book: Minelli . Alessandro . Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1 . 2011 . Brill . 978-90-04-15611-1 . 546 . 9 July 2022.
4. Book: Scarborough, John . Medical and Biological Terminologies: Classical Origins . February 19, 1992 . University of Oklahoma Press . 9780806130293 . Google Books.
5. Book: Pereira, Luis Alberto . A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia . Virginia Museum of Natural History . 2009 . Roble . Steve M. . Martinsville, Virginia . 209–222 . A New Dwarf Species of the Genus Strigamia Gray, 1843 from the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Western Virginia (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Linotaeniidae) . Mitchell . Joseph C..
6. 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] . 10.11646/zootaxa.3593.1.1 . 1175-5334.
7. Web site: 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 . 2024-01-30 . ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
8. Web site: Strigamia acuminata | British Myriapod and Isopod Group. bmig.org.uk.