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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