Scutigerellidae

Scutigerellidae is a family of symphylans. There are at least three genera and 30 described species in Scutigerellidae.[1][2][3][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: Cenomanian–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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. Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  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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