Stenotaenia (centipede)

Stenotaenia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Stenotaenia
C.L. Koch, 1847
Type species
Geophilus linearis
C.L. Koch, 1835
Synonyms
  • Insigniporus Attems, 1903
  • Onychopodogaster Verhoeff, 1902
  • Scnipaeus Bergsøe & Meinert, 1866
  • Simophilus Silvestri, 1896
  • Nesogeophilus (Euronesogeophilus) Matic, 1972
  • Geophilus (Notadenophilus) Verhoeff, 1928

Stenotaenia is a is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophildae. This genus has a western Palearctic distribution. The centipedes in this genus are notable for exhibiting exceptional diversity in not only segment number, ranging from 43 to 115 leg-bearing segments, but also body size, ranging between 1 cm and 8 cm in length.