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"^[1]).^[2][3][4] It is composed of more than 30 species,^[5] including the most common and well-studied species, Scutigera coleoptrata.^[6]

Scutigera Temporal range: 37.2–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Eocene to present
Scutigera coleoptrata, the house centipede
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scutigeromorpha
Family:	Scutigeridae
Genus:	Scutigera Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cermatia Illiger, 1807 Cryptomera Rafinesque, 1820 Dendrothereua Verhoeff, 1944 Lassophora Verhoeff, 1905 Selista Rafinesque, 1820

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)^[7]
• Scutigera leachi, Eocene of Poland (Baltic amber)^[7]