Geophilidae

The Geophilidae are a polyphyletic, cosmopolitan family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Geophiloidea.[2] They're characterized by mandibles with a single pectinate lamella, slender antennae, sternal pores with variable arrangement, a generally slightly or moderately elongate head, frequently undivided coxosternite with two paramedian sclerotized lines, claws without rows of filament, and female gonopods usually being an undivided lamina.[3] It contains these genera:[4]

  • Acanthogeophilus
  • Achilophilus
  • Alloschizotaenia
  • Apogeophilus
  • Arctogeophilus
  • Arenophilus
  • Australiophilus
  • Aztekophilus
  • Barrophilus
  • Bebekium
  • Bithyniphilus
  • Brachygeophilus
  • Brachygonarea
  • Caliphilus
  • Cephalodolichus
  • Cheiletha
  • Chilenophilus
  • Chomatophilus
  • Clinopodes
  • Condylona
  • Damothus
  • Dekanphilus
  • Dinogeophilus
  • Dschangelophilus
  • Dyodesmophilus
  • Dysmesus
  • Ecuadoron
  • Eremerium
  • Erithophilus
  • Eurygeophilus
  • Eurytion
  • Fagetophilus
  • Filipponus
  • Folkmanovius
  • Galliophilus
  • Garrina
  • Geomerinus
  • Geoperingueyia
  • Geophilus
  • Geoporophilus
  • Gnathomerium
  • Gnathoribautia
  • Gosipina
  • Harmostela
  • Harpacticellus
  • Horonia
  • Hovanyx
  • Hyphydrophilus
  • Ketampa
  • Korynia
  • Kurdistanius
  • Leptodampus
  • Lionyx
  • Luangana
  • Madageophilus
  • Malochora
  • Maoriella
  • Mixophilus
  • Nabocodes
  • Nannocrix
  • Navajona
  • Nesomerium
  • Nicopus
  • Nothogeophilus
  • Oligna
  • Orinomerium
  • Ortognathus
  • Pachymerellus
  • Pachymerinus
  • Pachymerium
  • Pandineum
  • Peruphilus
  • Photophilus
  • Piestophilus
  • Pleurogeophilus
  • Poaphilus
  • Polycricus
  • Polygonarea
  • Portoricellus
  • Portoricona
  • Proschizotaenia
  • Pseudofagetophilus
  • Purcellinus
  • Pycnona
  • Queenslandophilus
  • Ribautia
  • Schendyloides
  • Schizonampa
  • Schizonium
  • Schizopleres
  • Schizoribautia
  • Sepedonophilus
  • Serrona
  • Simophilus
  • Sogona
  • Steneurytion
  • Stylolaemus
  • Synerium
  • Synthophilus
  • Taiyuna
  • Taschkentia
  • Tasmanophilus
  • Telocricus
  • Timpina
  • Tretechthus
  • Tuoba
  • Tweediphilus
  • Tylonyx
  • Watophilus
  • Zantaenia
  • Zelanophilus
  • Zygona

Geophilidae
Geophilus flavus, the Netherlands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Chilopoda
Order:
Geophilomorpha
Suborder:
Adesmata
Superfamily:
Geophiloidea
Family:
Geophilidae

Leach, 1815 [1]
Geophilus sp. mother and brood.

References
  1. "Geophilidae Leach, 1815". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. Bonato, Lucio (2014). "Phylogeny of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence". Cladistics. The international journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 30 (5): 485–507. doi:10.1111/cla.12060. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. Minelli, Alessandro (2011-03-21). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda. Brill. p. 414. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. P. Myers; R. Espinosa; C. S. Parr; T. Jones; G. S. Hammond; T. A. Dewey (2013). "Geophilidae: classification". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
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