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Scutigera

Myriapoda - Scutigeromorpha - Scutigeridae

Taxonomy
Scutigera was named by Lamarck (1801). It is extant. It is the type genus of Scutigeridae.

It was assigned to Syngnatha by Latreille (1802); and to Scutigeridae by Hoffman (1969).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Scutigera Lamarck
1802Scutigera Latreille p. 45
1807Cermatia Illiger
1854Cermatia Koch and Berendt p. 14
1969Scutigera Hoffman p. 602

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
classMyriapoda()
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
Notostigmophora
orderScutigeromorpha
familyScutigeridaeGervais 1837
genusScutigeraLamarck 1801

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Scutigera Lamarck 1801
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Scutigera illigeri Koch and Berendt 1854
Scutigera leachi Koch and Berendt 1854
Invalid names: Cermatia Illiger 1807 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available