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Symphyla
Symphylans, also known as garden centipedes or pseudocentipedes, are soil-dwelling arthropods of the class Symphyla in the subphylum Myriapoda. Symphylans resemble centipedes but are very small, non-venomous, and may or may not form a clade with centipedes. More than 200 species are known worldwide.
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Scutigerellidae
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Scutigerellidae is a family of pseudocentipedes in the class Symphyla. There are five genera and at least 138 described species in this family. This family has a subcosmopolitan distribution.

Scutigerella immaculata
species of arthropods
Scolopendrellidae
Scolopendrellidae is a family of pseudocentipedes in the class Symphyla. This family includes nine genera and at least 97 described species. This family has a subcosmopolitan distribution.

Scutigerella
Scutigerella is a genus of symphylans in the family Scutigerellidae. This group includes at least 35 species and is the second-largest genus in this family. This genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution. This genus was first proposed in 1882 by the American zoologist John A. Ryder, who also designated S. immaculata as the type species.