Published October 30, 2025 | Version v1
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Strigamia pusilla

  • 1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Breeding and Healthy Husbandry, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300392, China
  • 2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Breeding and Healthy Husbandry, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300392, China & State Key Laboratory for Quality Ensurance and Sustainable Use of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China

Description

Strigamia pusilla (Sseliwanoff, 1884)

Scolioplanes pusilla Sseliwanoff, 1884: 92.

Strigamia pusilla: Bonato et al. 2012: 21; Dányi 2006: 44, figs 1 a – f; Dobroruka 1960: 17.

Material examined.

None.

Diagnosis.

Body length reaching at least 13 mm; number of leg-bearing segments usually 33–37; cephalic capsule longer than wide or as long as wide; antennae short; tergites smooth; coxosternite of first maxillae with a median sulcus; metasternites with mid-longitudinal deep sulcus and two smaller lateral sulci (except ultimate metasternite); metasternite of ultimate leg-bearing segment elongated, narrowing dorsally; coxal pores at least 6 on each coxopleuron; sparse on the ventral surface but dense in lateral margin of the metasternite; anal pores distinct.

Remarks.

As illustrated in fig. 1 d in Dányi (2006), the coxosternite of the first maxillae in this species possesses a median sulcus, a feature not reported in the descriptions or illustrations of other species. Therefore, “ coxosternite of first maxillae with a median sulcus ” is the key diagnostic feature for this species.

Distribution.

Mongolia.

Notes

Published as part of Yu, Yifei, You, Chunxue & Jiang, Chao, 2025, Taxonomy of the Strigamia centipedes from the East Asian mainland (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), pp. 2065-2101 in Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (4) on pages 2065-2101, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.160146

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Geophilomorpha
Family
Geophilidae
Genus
Strigamia
Species
pusilla
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Strigamia pusilla (Sseliwanoff, 1884) sec. Yu, You & Jiang, 2025

References

  • Sseliwanoff A (1884) Materialii kisyceniu russkich tuisiacenogech (Myriapoda). Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 18: 69-121.
  • Bonato L, Danyi L, Socci A, Minelli A (2012) Species diversity of Strigamia Gray, 1843 (Chilopoda: Linotaeniidae): a preliminary synthesis. Zootaxa 3593 (1): 1–39. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3593.1.1
  • Dányi L (2006) Contribution to the Chilopoda fauna of the Maramureş (Romania). Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad. Seria Stiintele Vietii. 17: 43–46.
  • Dobroruka LJ (1960) Über eine kleine Chilopoden-Ausbeute aus der Mongolei. Acta Arachnologica 17 (1): 15–18. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.17.15