''Scutigera'' is a
centipede
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genus
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in the
scutigeromorph (house centipede)
family
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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
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, 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
* ''
Scutigera illigeri'',
Eocene
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of
Poland
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(
Baltic amber
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)
* ''
Scutigera leachi'',
Eocene
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of
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
(
Baltic amber
Baltic amber or succinite is amber from the Baltic region, home of its largest known deposits. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that this forested region provided the re ...
)
References
* Lamarck J.-B., 1801. "Système des animaux sans vertebres". Paris, Deterville VIII + 432 pp., see p. 182.
* 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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Centipede genera
Scutigeromorpha