Strigamia tripora ( Chamberlin, 1941 )

Bonato, Lucio, Dányi, László, Socci, Antonio Augusto & Minelli, Alessandro, 2012, Species diversity of Strigamia Gray, 1843 (Chilopoda: Linotaeniidae): a preliminary synthesis, Zootaxa 3593, pp. 1-39 : 20

Strigamia tripora ( Chamberlin, 1941) *

References for morphology: Chamberlin 1941.

Taxonomic notes. Described originally as a species of Korynia , it was almost ignored subsequently. It is assigned here to Strigamia for the first time (new combination), because it shares all major diagnostic features of Strigamia . However, it could be a junior synonym of S. kerrana , because the original descriptions of both species are fully consistent, the difference in the number of pairs of legs (39 in a female S. tripora , 45 in a female S. kerrana ) being possibly due to interindividual variation, and the difference in the number of coxal pores (3 on each side in a 15 mm long S. tripora , 4 in a 20 mm long S. kerrana ) being possibly due to changes with growth or individual variation.

Distribution: known from a single locality in the Sierra Nevada, California.