Scutigera linceci, the Arizona house centipede (originally described as Cermatia linceci) is a species of the Scutigeromorph centipede found in the Southern United States and Central America. Its species name refers to Dr. Gideon Lincecum, a field naturalist. In the wild, they live under stones and in hollow logs, but the species frequently enters human habitation.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Arizona house centipede being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Scutigera buda
- Thereuonema tuberculata
- Sphendononema guildingii
- Thereuopoda clunifera
- Allothereua maculata
- Scutigera coleoptrata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Chilopoda
- Order
- Scutigeromorpha
- Family
- Scutigeridae
- Genus
- Scutigera
- Species
- Scutigera linceci
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