38 pairs of legs - Strigamia branneri

Moved

Moved from Soil Centipedes.
Thanks Joseph!

… tom murray, 2 April, 2014 - 7:13pm

Strigamia branneri

An odd one. The leg count is actually 39 (including the terminal legs and a tiny pair by the head). Usually diamond-backed pedes from this region are G. vittatus, but male S. branneri always have 39 pairs (way fewer than any Geophilus) and the tapering of the body toward the head ... This is definitely Strigamia branneri, but a ways outside of its recorded range (nearest record is Ithaca, NY). Though to be fair, Crabill (1952) suggested this species had not been well-documented.

Great find!

Crabill, Jr., R. E. (1952). The centipedes of northeastern North America. (Doctoral dissertation). [Microfilm]. (Film 4713, reel 154, no. 1).

… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 2 April, 2014 - 6:46pm

Thanks Rowland

It looked like a soil centipede to me, but the description on the info page in bugguide says they always have an odd number of legs.

… tom murray, 25 March, 2007 - 8:50pm

A representative of the order

A representative of the order Geophilomorpha

… Rowland Shelley, 25 March, 2007 - 7:03pm