Strigamia auxa (Chamberlin, 1954) *

References for morphology: Chamberlin 1954.

Taxonomic notes. Described originally as a species of Korynia, it was not cited further, but its validity was never questioned. It is assigned here to Strigamia for the first time (new combination), because it shares all major diagnostic features of Strigamia (see above under “Notes on synonymies”). However, it is maintained here as a distinct species only tentatively and it could turn out to be a junior synonym of S. fusata (see below), because the original description of S. auxa by Chamberlin (1954) is fully consistent with the redescription of S. fusata by Crabill (1962a); a single difference can be hypothesized in the size of the basal denticle of the forcipular tarsungulum (described as small and conical in S. auxa, illustrated as rather conspicuous in S. fusata); it is worth noting that the geographical provenance of S. auxa is within the range of S. fusata, and Chamberlin did not provide a comparison between these two species.

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