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

  • 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.

External links

  • Media related to Scutigera at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Scutigera at Wikispecies