''Strigamia acuminata'', commonly called the shorter red centipede, is a

centipede Centipedes (from Neo-Latin , "hundred", and Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', "lip", and Neo-Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, ...

in the family

Linotaeniidae Linotaeniidae are a monophyletic clade of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae found mostly in the temperate regions of the Holarctic as well as the south Andes. Species in the clade Linotaeniidae are characterized by a body that usually tap ...

in the order

Geophilomorpha Geophilomorpha is an order of centipedes commonly known as soil centipedes. The name "Geophilomorpha" is from Ancient Greek roots meaning "formed to love the earth." This group is the most diverse centipede order, with 230 genera. These centiped ...

Description

''Strigamia acuminata'' is red-brown in colour. This species can reach 40 mm in length. Males of this species have 37 to 41 pairs of legs, females have 39 to 43. 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."

Habitat

''Strigamia acuminata'' lives in woodland habitats in Ireland, southern England and Wales (common in

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and

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), and elsewhere in western and central Europe. It is also recorded in

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References

Myriapods of Europe Animals described in 1816 Geophilomorpha Taxa named by William Elford Leach {{Centipede-stub