Scutigera
Temporal range: 37.2–0 Ma Eocene to present
Scutigera coleoptrata, the house centipede
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Scutigera
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Scutigera coleoptrata
Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cermatia Illiger, 1807
  • Cryptomera Rafinesque, 1820
  • Dendrothereua Verhoeff, 1944
  • Lassophora Verhoeff, 1905
  • Selista Rafinesque, 1820

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"[1]).[2][3][4] It compose of more than 30 species,[5] including the most common and well-studied Scutigera coleoptrata.[6]

Species

Extant species

Fossil species

References

  1. ^ Paulus, H. F. (2000). "Phylogeny of the Myriapoda – Crustacea – Insecta: a new attempt using photoreceptor structure*". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 38 (3): 189–208. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0469.2000.383152.x. ISSN 0947-5745.
  2. ^ Müller, Carsten H. G.; Rosenberg, Jörg; Richter, Stefan; Meyer-Rochow, V. Benno (2003). "The compound eye of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chilopoda: Notostigmophora): an ultrastructural reinvestigation that adds support to the Mandibulata concept". Zoomorphology. 122 (4): 191. doi:10.1007/s00435-003-0085-0. ISSN 0720-213X. S2CID 6466405.
  3. ^ Harzsch, Steffen; Hafner, Gary (2006-12-01). "Evolution of eye development in arthropods: Phylogenetic aspects". Arthropod Structure & Development. Origin and Evolution of Arthropod Visual Systems (Part I). 35 (4): 319–340. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2006.08.009. ISSN 1467-8039. PMID 18089079.
  4. ^ Harzsch, Steffen; Melzer, Roland R.; Müller, Carsten H. G. (2007-04-12). "Mechanisms of eye development and evolution of the arthropod visual system: The lateral eyes of myriapoda are not modified insect ommatidia". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 7 (1): 20–32. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2006.02.004. ISSN 1439-6092.
  5. ^ "Scutigera Lamarck, 1801". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  6. ^ Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Giribet, Gonzalo (2007-01-01). "Evolutionary Biology of Centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda)". Annual Review of Entomology. 52 (1): 151–170. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091326. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 16872257.
  7. ^ a b "Fossilworks: Scutigera". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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