Strigamia Auxa

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

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, 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). 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). 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.

Species

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

* '' Strigamia acuminata'' Leach (1816) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia alokosternum'' Attems (1927) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia auxa'' Chamberlin, 1954 ^g
* '' Strigamia bicolor'' Shinohara 1981 ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia bidens'' Wood, 1862 ^{c g b}
* ''Strigamia bothriopus'' Wood, 1862 ^{c g b}
* '' Strigamia branneri'' Bollman C.H. (1888) ^{c g b}
* '' Strigamia carmela'' Chamberlin, 1941 ^g
* '' Strigamia caucasia'' Verhoeff (1938) ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia cephalica'' Wood 1862 ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia chionophila'' Wood, 1862 ^{c g b}
* ''Strigamia cottiana'' Verhoeff (1935) ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia crassipes'' Koch (1835) ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia crinita'' Attems (1929) ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia engadina'' Verhoeff (1935) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia epileptica'' Wood, 1862 ^{c g b}
* ''Strigamia exul'' Meinert (1886) ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia filicornis'' Wood 1862 ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia fulva'' Sager 1856 ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia fusata'' Attems, 1903 ^g
* '' Strigamia gracilis'' Wood 1867 ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia herzegowinensis'' Verhoeff (1935) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia hirsutipes'' Attems (1927) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia hoffmani'' Pereira, 2009 ^g
*'' Strigamia inthanoni'' Bonato, Bortolin, Drago, Orlando and Dányi, 2017^{i g}
* '' Strigamia japonica'' Verhoeff (1935) ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia kerrana'' Chamberlin (1940) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia laevipes'' Wood 1862 ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia lampra'' Chamberlin, 1938 ^g
* '' Strigamia longicornis'' Meinert (1886) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia lutea'' Matic, 1985 ^g
* '' Strigamia maculaticeps'' Wood 1862 ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia maritima'' Leach (1817) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia monopora'' Takakuwa (1938) ^{c g}
* ''Strigamia munda'' Chamberlin (1952) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia olympica'' Dobroruka 1977 ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia parviceps'' Wood 1862 ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia paucipora'' Matic, 1985 ^g
* '' Strigamia platydentata'' Shinohara 1981 ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia pseudopusillus'' Loksa (1962) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia pusilla'' Seliwanoff (1884) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia sacolinensis'' Meinert (1870) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia sibirica'' Sseliwanoff (1881) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia sulcata'' Seliwanoff, 1881 ^g
* '' Strigamia svenhedini'' Verhoeff, 1933 ^g
* '' Strigamia taeniophera'' Wood 1862 ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia tenuiungulata'' Takakuwa, 1938 ^g
* '' Strigamia texensis'' Chamberlin, 1941 ^g
* '' Strigamia transsilvanica'' Verhoeff (1928) ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia tripora'' Chamberlin, 1941 ^g
* '' Strigamia tropica'' Wood 1862 ^{c g}
* '' Strigamia urania'' Crabill, 1954 ^g
* '' Strigamia walkeri'' Wood 1865 ^{c g}

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

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