Scutigera

{{Short description|Genus of centipedes}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Scutigera

| image = Scutigera coleoptrata MHNT .jpg

| image_caption = Scutigera coleoptrata, the house centipede

| taxon = Scutigera

| authority = Lamarck, 1801

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|37.2|0}} Eocene to present

| type_species = Scutigera coleoptrata

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms = * Cermatia Illiger, 1807

• Cryptomera Rafinesque, 1820
• Dendrothereua Verhoeff, 1944
• Lassophora Verhoeff, 1905
• Selista Rafinesque, 1820

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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"{{Cite journal |last=Paulus |first=H. F. |date=2000 |title=Phylogeny of the Myriapoda – Crustacea – Insecta: a new attempt using photoreceptor structure* |journal=Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research |language=en |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=189–208 |doi=10.1046/j.1439-0469.2000.383152.x |issn=0947-5745|doi-access=free }}).{{Cite journal |last1=Müller |first1=Carsten H. G. |last2=Rosenberg |first2=Jörg |last3=Richter |first3=Stefan |last4=Meyer-Rochow |first4=V. Benno |date=2003 |title=The compound eye of Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chilopoda: Notostigmophora): an ultrastructural reinvestigation that adds support to the Mandibulata concept |url=https://www.academia.edu/20666984 |journal=Zoomorphology |volume=122 |issue=4 |pages=191 |doi=10.1007/s00435-003-0085-0 |s2cid=6466405 |issn=0720-213X}}{{Cite journal |last1=Harzsch |first1=Steffen |last2=Hafner |first2=Gary |date=2006-12-01 |title=Evolution of eye development in arthropods: Phylogenetic aspects |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803906000570 |journal=Arthropod Structure & Development |series=Origin and Evolution of Arthropod Visual Systems (Part I) |language=en |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=319–340 |doi=10.1016/j.asd.2006.08.009 |pmid=18089079 |issn=1467-8039|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Harzsch |first1=Steffen |last2=Melzer |first2=Roland R. |last3=Müller |first3=Carsten H. G. |date=2007-04-12 |title=Mechanisms of eye development and evolution of the arthropod visual system: The lateral eyes of myriapoda are not modified insect ommatidia |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=20–32 |doi=10.1016/j.ode.2006.02.004 |issn=1439-6092|doi-access= }} It is composed of more than 30 species,{{Cite web |title=Scutigera Lamarck, 1801 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2231103 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} including the most common and well-studied species, Scutigera coleoptrata.{{Cite journal |last1=Edgecombe |first1=Gregory D. |last2=Giribet |first2=Gonzalo |date=2007-01-01 |title=Evolutionary Biology of Centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091326 |journal=Annual Review of Entomology |language=en |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=151–170 |doi=10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091326 |pmid=16872257 |issn=0066-4170|url-access=subscription }}