Scutigeridae
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Scutigeridae is a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of centipede
Centipede
Centipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. Centipedes have an odd number of pairs of...

s. It includes most of the species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 known as house centipede
House centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata , is a typically yellowish-grey centipede with up to 15 pairs of legs. Originally endemic to the Mediterranean region, the species has spread to other parts of the world, where it usually lives in human homes...

s, including Scutigera coleoptrata and Allothereua maculata
Allothereua maculata
Allothereua maculata is a species of centipede found in Australia known as the house centipede – a name applied elsewhere to other species.-Description:...

. It includes the following genera:
  • Allothereua Verhoeff, 1905
  • Ballonema Verhoeff, 1904
  • Ballonemella Verhoeff, 1944
  • Brasiloscutigera Bücherl, 1939
  • Diplacrophor Chamberlin, 1920
  • Gomphor Chamberlin, 1944
  • Microthereua Verhoeff, 1905
  • Parascutigera Verhoeff, 1904
  • Pesvarus Würmli, 1974
  • Phanothereua Chamberlin, 1958
  • Podothereua Verhoeff, 1905
  • Prionopodella Verhoeff, 1925
  • Prothereua Verhoeff, 1925
  • Scutigera Lamarck, 1801
  • Tachythereua Verhoeff, 1905
  • Thereuella Chamberlin, 1955
  • Thereuonema Verhoeff, 1904
  • Thereuopoda Verhoeff, 1904
  • Thereuopodina Verhoeff, 1905
  • Thereuoquima Bücherl, 1949
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