Scutigera is a centipede genus in the scutigeromorph (house centipede) family Scutigeridae, a group of centipedes with long limbs and true compound eyes (which were once thought to be secondary, re-evolved "pseudofacetted eyes"). It is composed of more than 30 species, including the most common and well-studied species, Scutigera coleoptrata.
Species
Extant species Scutigera aethiopica Scutigera argentina Scutigera asiatica Scutigera buda Scutigera carrizala Scutigera chichivaca Scutigera coleoptrata Scutigera complanata Scutigera dubia Scutigera fissiloba Scutigera flavistoma Scutigera hispida Scutigera linceci Scutigera longitarsis Scutigera marmorea Scutigera melanostoma Scutigera nossibei Scutigera oweni Scutigera oxypyga Scutigera parcespinosa Scutigera planiceps Scutigera poicila Scutigera rubrilineata Scutigera sanguinea Scutigera sinuata Scutigera smithii Scutigera tancitarona Scutigera tonsoris Scutigera virescens Scutigera voeltzkowi
Fossil species
Scutigera illigeri, Eocene of Poland (Baltic amber) Scutigera leachi, Eocene of Poland (Baltic amber)
References
Further reading Lamarck J.-B., 1801. "Système des animaux sans vertebres". Paris, Deterville VIII + 432 pp., see p. 182. Würmli, M., 1977. "Zur Systematik der Gattung Scutigera (Chilopoda: Scutigeridae)". Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg N.F. 20: 123–131, see p. 123.
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