Scutigeridae

Scutigeridae is a family of centipedes that are known as house centipedes. It includes most species of house centipedes, including Scutigera coleoptrata and Allothereua maculata. House centipedes are so named because they are frequently found in and around human dwellings, especially in damp, dark or dimly lit areas such as basements, bathrooms and garages.

Genera

These 25 genera belong to the family Scutigeridae:

• Allothereua <small>Verhoeff, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Ballonema <small>Verhoeff, 1904</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Ballonemella <small>Verhoeff, 1944</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Brasiloscutigera <small>Bücherl, 1939</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Dendrothereua <small>Verhoeff, 1944</small><span style="color:gray">^{i b}</span>
• Diplacrophor <small>Chamberlin, 1920</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Fulmenocursor <small>Wilson, 2001</small><span style="color:gray">^g</span>
• Gomphor <small>Chamberlin, 1944</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Parascutigera <small>Verhoeff, 1904</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Pesvarus <small>Würmli, 1974</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Phanothereua <small>Chamberlin, 1958</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Pilbarascutigera <small>Edgecombe and Barrow, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">ⁱ</span>
• Podothereua <small>Verhoeff, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Prionopodella <small>Verhoeff, 1925</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Prothereua <small>Verhoeff, 1925</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Scutigera <small>Lamarck, 1801</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Seychellonema <small>Butler, Edgecombe, Ball and Giribet, 2011</small><span style="color:gray">^{i g}</span>
• Tachythereua <small>Verhoeff, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Thereulla <small>Chamberlin, 1955</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Thereuonema <small>Verhoeff, 1904</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Thereuopoda <small>Verhoeff, 1904</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Thereuopodina <small>Verhoeff, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Thereuoquima <small>Bücherl, 1949</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

The earliest known member of this family is †Fulmenocursor, an extinct genus from the Early Cretaceous of the Crato Formation of Brazil.

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