Scutigeridae


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Related to Scutigeridae: silverfish, Scutigera coleoptrata
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Noun1.Scutigeridae - a family of Chilopoda
family Scutigeridae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Chilopoda, class Chilopoda - arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes
genus Scutigera, Scutigera - a genus of Scutigeridae
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With the exception of a few species in the far southern United States (U.S.A.), the only centipede in the order Scutigeromorpha found throughout North America is Scutigera coleoptera (L.) (Scutigeridae), the "house centipede" (Mercurio, 2010).
Discovery of an exotic population of Thereuonema tuberculata (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha), the Japanese House Centipede, in Ohio, U.S.A

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