Dendrothereua

Dendrothereua is a genus of house centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. There are at least three described species in Dendrothereua, found in the southern United States and the Neotropics.[1][2][3]

Dendrothereua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Dendrothereua
Verhoeff, 1944

Dendrothereua was formerly considered a taxonomic synonym of Scutigera. In 2009, Edgecomb and Giribet[4] resurrected the genus based on Phylogenetic research. The species of Dendrothereua are still sometimes considered part of Scutigera.

Species

These three species belong to the genus Dendrothereua:

  • Dendrothereua homa (Chamberlin, 1942) i b (Arizona house centipede)
  • Dendrothereua linceci (Wood, 1867) i
  • Dendrothereua nubila (Chamberlin, 1921) i

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

  1. "Dendrothereua Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. "Dendrothereua Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Giribet, Gonzalo (2009). "Phylogenetics of scutigeromorph centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) with implications for species delimitation and historical biogeography of the Australian and New Caledonian faunas". Cladistics. 25: 406–427. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00253.x. ISSN 0748-3007.
  5. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  6. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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