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'' 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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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

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Centipede families
Scutigeromorpha
Extant Early Cretaceous first appearances

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