---
title: "Japanese House Centipede"
description: "Thereuonema tuberculata — Weitere Tiere. Thereuonema tuberculata is a centipede species in the family Scutigeridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/japanese-house-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Japanese House Centipede

> Thereuonema tuberculata — Weitere Tiere. Thereuonema tuberculata is a centipede species in the family Scutigeridae.

- Scientific name: *Thereuonema tuberculata*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 4874
- Wikidata: [Q6508482](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6508482)
- iNaturalist taxon: [423714](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/423714)

## Names

- en: Japanese House Centipede

## Countries with the most observations

US (1799), JP (361), CN (208), KR (95), RU (47), TW (10), HK (7)

## Summary

Thereuonema tuberculata is a centipede species in the family Scutigeridae. It is native to China, the Korean peninsula, and Japan, and has recently been identified as an introduced species in North America where it is found primarily in the eastern United States, but has been found as far west as Nebraska. In its introduced range it is commonly confused with Scutigera coleoptrata.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thereuonema_tuberculata

## Photo

![Japanese House Centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/japanese-house-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dennis White · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173669282

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/japanese-house-centipede?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).