Scutigeridae Explained

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

Genera

These 25 genera belong to the family Scutigeridae:

• Allothereua Verhoeff, 1905

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• Ballonema Verhoeff, 1904

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• Ballonemella Verhoeff, 1944

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• Brasiloscutigera Bücherl, 1939

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• Dendrothereua Verhoeff, 1944

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• Diplacrophor Chamberlin, 1920

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• Fulmenocursor Wilson, 2001

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• Gomphor Chamberlin, 1944

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• Parascutigera Verhoeff, 1904

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• Pesvarus Würmli, 1974

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• Phanothereua Chamberlin, 1958

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• Pilbarascutigera Edgecombe and Barrow, 2007

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• Podothereua Verhoeff, 1905

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• Prionopodella Verhoeff, 1925

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• Prothereua Verhoeff, 1925

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• Scutigera Lamarck, 1801

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• Seychellonema Butler, Edgecombe, Ball and Giribet, 2011

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• Tachythereua Verhoeff, 1905

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• Thereulla Chamberlin, 1955

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• Thereuonema Verhoeff, 1904

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• Thereuopoda Verhoeff, 1904

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• Thereuopodina Verhoeff, 1905

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• Thereuoquima Bücherl, 1949

^{i c 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.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chilopoda taxonomic browser . ChiloBase . June 2, 2011 . Rosario Dioguardi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121227082512/http://chilobase.bio.unipd.it/search/taxonomic_browser.php . December 27, 2012 .
2. Web site: Fossilworks: Fulmenocursor. 17 December 2021. fossilworks.org.