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Bonato L., Chagas Junior A.,
Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue
of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
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The valid name for Tomotaenia Cook, 1895 is Strigamia Gray, 1843

Tomotaenia Cook, 1895

Original description: Cook O.F. (1895). On the generic names Linotaenia and Scolioplanes - American Naturalist, 29: 864-866, see p. 866.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae ("Linotaeniinae")

Original rank: genus

Type species: Strigamia parviceps Wood, 1862 - by original designation

Synonymy: Matic Z. (1972). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania. Clasa Chilopoda Subclasa Epimorpha - Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania Bucuresti, 6: 1-220, see p. 139.

Notes: The correspondence with Strigamia Gray, 1843 had been already suggested by Attems (1929 - Das Tierreich, 52: 220), who considered it a junior synonym of Scolioplanes Bergsoe & Meinert, 1866, and by Crabill (1953 - Entomological News, 64: 171), who considered it a junior synonym of Strigamia (Linotaenia) Koch, 1847.