Strigamia crassipes

Strigamia crassipes is a centipede belonging to the family Linotaeniidae in the order Geophilomorpha.[3]

Strigamia crassipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Linotaeniidae
Genus: Strigamia
Species:
S. crassipes
Binomial name
Strigamia crassipes
(C. L. Koch, 1835)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Scolioplanes crassipes (C. L. Koch, 1835)
  • Scolioplanes mediterraneus Verhoeff, 1928

Description

Strigamia crassipes is red in colour and has a prominent tooth at the base of the poison claw. Males of this species have 47 to 55 pairs of legs; females have 47 to 57.[4] The number of legs distinguishes this species from S. acuminata (which has only 37 to 41 leg pairs in males and 39 to 43 leg pairs in females).[4] The specific name crassipes is Latin for "thick leg."[5]

It produces a bioluminescent substance in its sternal glands and secretes it through the sternal pore fields; it is yellow or blue in colour.[6]

Habitat

Strigamia crassipes lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales, and elsewhere in Europe.[7][8]

References
  1. "Strigamia crassipes Koch, 1835". www.gbif.org.
  2. Bettini, S. (March 13, 2013). Arthropod Venoms. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642455018 – via Google Books.
  3. "ITIS - Report: Strigamia crassipes". www.itis.gov.
  4. Iorio, Etienne; Labroche, Aurélien (2015). "Les chilopodes (Chilopoda) de la moitié nord de la France: toutes les bases pour débuter l'étude de ce groupe et identifier facilement les espèces" (PDF). Invertébrés Armoricains (in French). 13: 1-108 [65].
  5. Roháček, J.; Hoffeins, C. (2021). "Clusiomitidae, A New Family of Eocene Fossil Acalyptratae, with Revision of Acartophthalmites Hennig and Clusiomites Gen. Nov. (Diptera) - PMC". Insects. 12 (12): 1123. doi:10.3390/insects12121123. PMC 8705662. PMID 34940210.
  6. Minelli, Alessandro (March 21, 2011). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 1. BRILL. ISBN 9789004188266 – via Google Books.
  7. "Strigamia crassipes (C.L. Koch, 1835) | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". www.bmig.org.uk.
  8. Fet, Victor; Popov, Alexi (June 21, 2007). Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781402044175 – via Google Books.
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