Scutigeridae

Scutigeridae is a family of centipedes that are known as house centipedes. It includes most species of house centipedes, including Scutigera coleoptrata and Allothereua maculata.^[1][2]

Scutigeridae Temporal range: 122.46–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cretaceous to present
Scutigera coleoptrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scutigeromorpha
Family:	Scutigeridae Leach, 1814

Scutigera coleoptrata

Genera

These 25 genera belong to the family Scutigeridae:

• Allothereua Verhoeff, 1905 ^{i c g}
• Ballonema Verhoeff, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Ballonemella Verhoeff, 1944 ^{i c g}
• Brasiloscutigera Bücherl, 1939 ^{i c g}
• Dendrothereua Verhoeff, 1944 ^{i b}
• Diplacrophor Chamberlin, 1920 ^{i c g}
• Fulmenocursor Wilson, 2001 ^g
• Gomphor Chamberlin, 1944 ^{i c g}
• Parascutigera Verhoeff, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Pesvarus Würmli, 1974 ^{i c g}
• Phanothereua Chamberlin, 1958 ^{i c g}
• Pilbarascutigera Edgecombe and Barrow, 2007 ⁱ
• Podothereua Verhoeff, 1905 ^{i c g}
• Prionopodella Verhoeff, 1925 ^{i c g}
• Prothereua Verhoeff, 1925 ^{i c g}
• Scutigera Lamarck, 1801 ^{i c g b}
• Seychellonema Butler, Edgecombe, Ball and Giribet, 2011 ^{i g}
• Tachythereua Verhoeff, 1905 ^{i c g}
• Thereulla Chamberlin, 1955 ^{i c g}
• Thereuonema Verhoeff, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Thereuopoda Verhoeff, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Thereuopodina Verhoeff, 1905 ^{i c g}
• Thereuoquima Bücherl, 1949 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[3] c = Catalogue of Life,^[4] g = GBIF,^[5] b = Bugguide.net^[6]

The earliest known member of this family is †Fulmenocursor, an extinct genus from the Early Cretaceous of the Crato Formation of Brazil.^[7]

References

1. Rosario Dioguardi. "Chilopoda taxonomic browser". ChiloBase. Archived from the original on December 27, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
2. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-05-16.
3. "Scutigeridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
4. "Browse Scutigeridae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
5. "Scutigeridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
6. "Scutigeridae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
7. "Fossilworks: Fulmenocursor". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

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