Scutigeridae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to present
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Scutigera coleoptrata | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
Family: |
Scutigeridae Leach, 1814 |
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] [2]
These 25 genera belong to the family Scutigeridae:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [6]
The earliest known member of this family is † Fulmenocursor, an extinct genus from the Early Cretaceous of the Crato Formation of Brazil. [7]