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title: "Arizona house centipede"
description: "Scutigera linceci — Altri animali. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/arizona-house-centipede
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arizona house centipede

> Scutigera linceci — Altri animali. 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.

- Scientific name: *Scutigera linceci*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 410
- iNaturalist taxon: [1248550](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1248550)

## Names

- en: Arizona house centipede

## Countries with the most observations

US (188), MX (28), NI (11), CR (7), JM (4)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Arizona house centipede](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arizona-house-centipede/medium.jpg)

Photo: Asa Vermeulen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245724166

## Machine access

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