Arizona house centipede
Scutigera linceci
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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Description
Scutigera linceci is much smaller than the common house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata, growing to only 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in), and can further by differentiated from the latter species by the shape of the head and tergites, and its colouration.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Appearance”
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1248550.