''Dendrothereua'' is a genus of house centipedes in the family
Scutigeridae
Scutigeridae is a family of centipedes. It includes most of the species known as house centipedes, including ''Scutigera coleoptrata'' and ''Allothereua maculata''.
Genera
These 25 genera belong to the family Scutigeridae:
* ''Allothereua'' Ve ...
. There are at least three described species in ''Dendrothereua'', found in the southern United States and the
Neotropics
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...
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''Dendrothereua'' was formerly considered a taxonomic synonym of '']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"). It compose ...
''. In 2009, Edgecomb and Giribet[ resurrected the genus based on Phylogenetic research. The species of ''Dendrothereua'' are still sometimes considered part of ''Scutigera''.
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Species
These three species belong to the genus ''Dendrothereua'':
* ''Dendrothereua homa
''Scutigera linceci'', the Arizona house centipede (originally described as ''Cermatia linceci'') is a species of the Scutigeromorph centipede found in the Southern United States and Central America. Its species name refers to Dr Lincecum, a fiel ...
'' (Chamberlin, 1942) i b (Arizona house centipede)
* ''Dendrothereua linceci
''Dendrothereua'' is a genus of house centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. There are at least three described species in ''Dendrothereua'', found in the southern United States and the Neotropics.
''Dendrothereua'' was formerly considered a tax ...
'' (Wood, 1867) i
* ''Dendrothereua nubila
''Dendrothereua'' is a genus of house centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. There are at least three described species in ''Dendrothereua'', found in the southern United States and the Neotropics.
''Dendrothereua'' was formerly considered a tax ...
'' (Chamberlin, 1921) i
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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Scutigeromorpha
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