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Strigamia fulva Sager 1856

Description

Strigamia fulva Sager, 1856

Synonym: Linotaenia micropus Chamberlin, 1902.

References for morphology: Wood 1862, 1865; Meinert 1886 (sub Scolioplanes bothriopus); Chamberlin 1902 (sub Linotaenia micropus); Crabill 1954b.

Taxonomic notes. Described originally as a species of Strigamia, it was variously cited under Linotaenia, Scolioplanes or Tomotaenia. Following Meinert (1886), some authors considered it identical to S. bothriopus, but Crabill (1954b) re-examined the type material and demonstrated that the two species are distinct.

Linotaenia micropus was described by Chamberlin (1902), but practically ignored by subsequent authors, and only registered as valid by Attems (1929). Chamberlin (1961) later recognized it as identical “part. max” with S. fulva, and Mercurio (2010) listed it as a synonym of S. fulva. However, published information on the morphology of S. micropus does not allow a decision as to whether the type specimens belong to S. fulva or S. bothriopus, which have been confused in the past (Crabill 1954b), therefore the current synonymy is registered here only provisionally.

Distribution: eastern part of North America, westwards possibly to Iowa. Published records from other parts of North America need confirmation because of possible confusion with S. bothriopus.

Notes

Published as part of Bonato, Lucio, Dányi, László, Socci, Antonio Augusto & Minelli, Alessandro, 2012, Species diversity of Strigamia Gray, 1843 (Chilopoda: Linotaeniidae): a preliminary synthesis, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 3593 on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214898

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Linotaeniidae
Genus
Strigamia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Geophilomorpha
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Sager
Species
fulva
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Strigamia fulva Sager, 1856 sec. Bonato, Dányi, Socci & Minelli, 2012

References

  • Sager, A. (1856) Description of three Myriapoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 8, 109.
  • Chamberlin, R. V. (1902) Utah chilopods of the Geophilidae. American Naturalist, 36, 473 - 480.
  • Wood, H. C. (1862) On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 5, 5 - 52.
  • Wood, H. C. (1865) The Myriopoda of North America. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, N. S., 13, 137 - 248.
  • Meinert, F. (1886) Myriapoda Musei Cantabrigiensis. Part I. Chilopoda. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 23, 161 - 233.
  • Crabill, R. E. (1954 b) Concerning the true identity of Strigamia fulva Sager and Strigamia bothriopa Wood (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Dignathodontidae). Entomological News, 65, 40 - 46.
  • Attems, C. (1929) Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha. Das Tierreich 52. De Gruyter, Berlin, 388 pp.
  • Chamberlin, R. V. (1961) Notes on the geophilid chilopods of Utah. Entomological News, 72, 96 - 100.
  • Mercurio, R. J. (2010) An annotated catalog of centipedes (Chilopoda) from the United States of America, Canada and Greenland (1758 - 2008). Xlibris, Milton Keynes, 560 pp.