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Scutigeridae

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Scutigeridae
Temporal range: 122.46–0 Ma Early Cretaceous to present
Scutigera coleoptrata MHNT.jpg
Scutigera coleoptrata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Leach, 1814
Scutigera coleoptrata

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

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
  • Suctigerina 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
  • Theuronema 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 October 7, 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 2020-12-15.

External links

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


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