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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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House Centipedes (Scutigeromorpha)
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Scutigeridae
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Scutigera
Genus
Scutigera
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class
Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order
Scutigeromorpha (House Centipedes)
Family
Scutigeridae
Genus
Scutigera
Explanation of Names
Scutigera
Lamarck 1801
Numbers
one adventive and 1-4 native spp. in our area
(
1
)
, ~30 spp. worldwide
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2
)
Works Cited
1.
Shelley R.M. The myriapods, the world’s leggiest animals
2.
Bonato L. et al. (2016) ChiloBase 2.0 - A world catalogue of centipedes (Chilopoda)
Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 16 February, 2004 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2012 - 10:14pm