Stenotaenia (centipede)
| Stenotaenia | |
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| 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 | |
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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.