Scutigera

<i>Scutigera</i>

Scutigera

Genus of centipedes

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]

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Species

Extant species

  • Scutigera aethiopica
  • Scutigera argentina
  • Scutigera asiatica
  • Scutigera buda
  • Scutigera carrizala
  • Scutigera chichivaca
  • Scutigera coleoptrata
  • Scutigera complanata
  • Scutigera dubia
  • Scutigera fissiloba
  • Scutigera flavistoma
  • Scutigera hispida
  • Scutigera linceci
  • Scutigera longitarsis
  • Scutigera marmorea
  • Scutigera melanostoma
  • Scutigera nossibei
  • Scutigera oweni
  • Scutigera oxypyga
  • Scutigera parcespinosa
  • Scutigera planiceps
  • Scutigera poicila
  • Scutigera rubrilineata
  • Scutigera sanguinea
  • Scutigera sinuata
  • Scutigera smithii
  • Scutigera tancitarona
  • Scutigera tonsoris
  • Scutigera virescens
  • Scutigera voeltzkowi

Fossil species

References

  1. [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. [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. [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. [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. [5]
    "Scutigera Lamarck, 1801". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  6. [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. [7]
    "Fossilworks: Scutigera". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  • 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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