Scutigera is a centipede genus in the Scutigeromorpha (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
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Scutigera aethiopica
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Scutigera argentina
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Scutigera asiatica
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Scutigera buda
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Scutigera carrizala
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Scutigera chichivaca
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Scutigera coleoptrata
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Scutigera complanata
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Scutigera dubia
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Scutigera fissiloba
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Scutigera flavistoma
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Scutigera hispida
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Scutigera linceci
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Scutigera longitarsis
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Scutigera marmorea
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Scutigera melanostoma
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Scutigera nossibei
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Scutigera oweni
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Scutigera oxypyga
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Scutigera parcespinosa
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Scutigera planiceps
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Scutigera poicila
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Scutigera rubrilineata
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Scutigera sanguinea
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Scutigera sinuata
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Scutigera smithii
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Scutigera tancitarona
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Scutigera tonsoris
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Scutigera virescens
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Scutigera voeltzkowi
Fossil species
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Lamarck J.-B., 1801. "Système des animaux sans vertebres". Paris, Deterville VIII + 432 pp., see p. 182.
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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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