Summary
Scutigera is a centipede genus in the family Scutigeridae. Members of the genus have pseudofaceted eyes. This type of eye consists of a cluster of numerous ocelli on each side of the head, organised in a way that resembles a true compound eye, a type of eye found in arthropods. Most myriapods bear stemmata - that is, single lensed eyes which evolved by the reduction of a compound eye. However, the genus Scutigera has secondarily re-evolved a compound eye composed of repeated stemmata. These appear to grow in rows which are inserted between existing rows of ocelli.
Extant species
- Scutigera aethiopica - Scutigera argentina - Scutigera asiatica - Scutigera buda - Scutigera carrizala - Scutigera chichivaca - Scutigera coleoptrata - Scutigera complanata - Scutigera dubia - Scutigera fissiloba - Scutigera flavistoma - Scutigera hispida - Scutigera linceci - Scutigera longitarsis - Scutigera marmorea - Scutigera melanostoma - Scutigera nossibei - Scutigera oweni - Scutigera oxypyga - Scutigera parcespinosa - Scutigera planiceps - Scutigera poicila - Scutigera rubrilineata - Scutigera sanguinea - Scutigera sinuata - Scutigera smithii - Scutigera tancitarona - Scutigera tonsoris - Scutigera virescens - Scutigera voeltzkowi
Fossil species
- Scutigera illigeri, Eocene of Poland (Baltic amber) - Scutigera leachi, Eocene of Poland (Baltic amber)