Scutigerellidae

Scutigerellidae is a family of symphylans. There are at least three genera and 30 described species in Scutigerellidae.[1][2][3] In this family, the head is distinctly separated from the neck, the antennae usually have more than 20 articles, there are 15 simple tergites, and the first pair of legs is well developed and more than half the length of the next pair.[4] The oldest described species of the family are members of the extant genera Hanseniella and Scutigerella from Eocene aged Baltic amber,[5] undescribed specimens of the family are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.[6]

Scutigerellidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Symphyla
Family: Scutigerellidae
Bagnall 1913
Genera

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Genera

  • Hanseniella
  • Scolopendrelloides
  • Scutigerella

References

  1. "Scutigerellidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. "Scutigerellidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  3. "Browse Scutigerellidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  4. Szucsich, Nikola; Scheller, Ulf (2011). "Symphyla". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 445–466. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. U. Scheller. 2004. Two fossil symphylan species, Scutigerella baltica n. sp. and Hanseniella baltica n. sp. (Tracheata, Scutigerellidae), in Baltic amber. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 351:1-11
  6. Wesener, Thomas; Moritz, Leif (2018-12-17). "Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017)". Check List. 14 (6): 1131–1140. doi:10.15560/14.6.1131. ISSN 1809-127X.

Further reading

  • Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini.
  • Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
  • Hansen, H.J. (1903). The genera and species of the order Symphyla. Company of Biologists Limited at the Clarendon Press.


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