-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Myriapods (Subphylum Myriapoda)

-Centipedes (Class Chilopoda)

-Long-legged Centipedes (Order Scutigeromorpha)

-Typical House Centipedes (Family Scutigeridae)

-Genus Scutigera

The house centipede is an arthropod characterized by its odd number of pairs of jointed legs, segmented body and exoskeleton that periodically molts as the centipede grows. The House Centipede is known to prey on silverfish, firebrats, carpet beetle larvae, cockroaches, spiders, and other small arthropods