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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Soil Centipedes (Geophilomorpha) » Geophilidae » Strigamia
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Centipede - Strigamia
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Centipede - Strigamia
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
March 11, 2008
Size: 2.38mm (3/32") dia x 25mm
Centipede. Possibly Cryptops hortensis ? 2.38mm (3/32") diameter x 25mm (1") long. Weird how the head really looks like a snake. Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 11 March, 2008 - 9:38pm
Last updated 11 April, 2014 - 8:32am

Moved
Moved from Soil Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 11 April, 2014 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Geophilomorpha
A centipede of the order Geophilomorpha?

That would be my guess...
Geophilomorph centipedes tend to be very long & slender with numerous small legs. Their bodies are also worm-like & appear to have some semi-contractive properties.
… Jonas Insinga, 13 March, 2008 - 6:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Strigamia
Definitely a geophilomorph, Cryptops only has 21 pairs of legs. Possibly this is S. branneri but the color pattern is a bit weird, I'm just going to put it on the genus page for now.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 11 April, 2014 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

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