Scutigera

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

• 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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