Scutigera linceci

Scutigera linceci, the Arizona house centipede[2][3] (originally described as Cermatia linceci) is a species of the Scutigeromorph centipede found in the Southern United States and Central America.

[4][5] Its species name refers to Dr Lincecum, a field naturalist.

[6] In the wild, they live under stones and in hollow logs, but the species frequently enters human habitation.

[3][6][7] Scutigera linceci is much smaller than the common house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata,[note 1] 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.

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