Strigamia epileptica Wood, 1862



Strigamia epileptica Wood, 1862

Original description: Wood H.C.jr. (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 , (2)5(1): 5-52, see p. 49.

Order: Geophilomorpha

Family: Geophilidae ("Linotaeniinae")

Original rank: species

Original genus: Strigamia Gray, 1843

Type locality: "Puget's Sound" = Puget Sound (Oregon)

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Chamberlin R.V. (1954). Notes on the chilopod genera Linotaenia and Tomotaenia with description of a new Korynia - Entomological News, 65: 117-122, see p. 120.

Notes: Considered a synonym of either Diplochora laevipes (Wood, 1862) (Chamberlin, 1912 - Pomona Journal of Entomology, 4: 659) or Strigamia parviceps Wood, 1862 (Chamberlin, 1954 - Entomological News, 65: 119), but actually different from both species according to the original description.