The centipede genus Strigamia Gray (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Linotaeniidae) is revised with regards to morphological diagnosis, composition in known species, taxonomic nomenclature, major characters differentiating species, and geographical distribution. Published information has been integrated and reinterpreted after direct examination of more than half of the known species. The genus Strigamia is distinguished from similar genera (Agathothus Bollman, Araucania Chamberlin, Damothus Chamberlin, Zantaenia Chamberlin) mainly by the conspicuous basal denticle of the forcipular tarsungulum, the paired ventral pore areas on the posterior part of trunk segments, and the remarkably swollen ultimate pair of legs in adult males. At least 32 distinct species are known and another 12 are recognized provisionally, whereas 21 names are rejected as synonyms. Of all other nominal species that have been referred to Strigamia or its synonyms in the past, 16 are shown not to actually belong to Strigamia and another 4 remain uncertain as to their generic assignment. Species of Strigamia differ mainly in the shape of the forcipular tarsungulum and denticle, average number of legs (overall range from 31 to 83 pairs, possibly to 91), aspect of pleuropretergite and shape of metasternite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment, and the arrangement of coxal pores. Strigamia as a whole inhabits the most part of the temperate Holarctic, but reaches southwards to the Indochinese region. The following new synonymies are introduced:

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