Parascutigera

Parascutigera is a genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It was described by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1904.^[1][2]

Parascutigera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scutigeromorpha
Family:	Scutigeridae
Genus:	Parascutigera Verhoeff, 1904[1]
Type species
Parascutigera dahli Verhoeff,1904

Species

There are about 12 valid species, including:

• Parascutigera aequispinata Ribaut, 1923
• Parascutigera alveolus Ribaut, 1923
• Parascutigera dahli Verhoeff, 1904
• Parascutigera festiva Ribaut, 1923
• Parascutigera guttata Verhoeff, 1925
• Parascutigera latericia Ribaut, 1923
• Parascutigera lembehna Chamberlin, 1944
• Parascutigera montana Verhoeff, 1937
• Parascutigera nubila Ribaut, 1923
• Parascutigera peluda Edgecombe, 2009
• Parascutigera philippina Chamberlin, 1921
• Parascutigera sphinx Verhoeff, 1925

References

1. Verhoeff, KW (1904). "Über Gattungen der Spinnensseln (Scutigeriden)". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1904: 245–285 [257].
2. Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 17 March 2023.