Biology:Geophiloidea

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Short description: Superfamily of centipedes

Geophiloidea
Soil Centipede (22520553902).jpg
Geophilus sp. from Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Suborder: Adesmata
Superfamily: Geophiloidea
Families

Geophiloidea is a superfamily in the order Geophilomorpha and suborder Adesmata containing the families Zelanophilidae, Gonibregmatidae (including Eriphantidae and Neogeophilidae), and Geophilidae (including Aphilodontidae, Dignathodontidae, Linotaeniidae, Chilenophilinae, and Macronicophilidae).[1] It's characterized by an epipharynx with a bilobate border separating the clypeal and the labral parts, hypopharynx with spines extending to most frontal and ventral parts, and mandibles with a single, pectinate lamella.[2]

References

  1. "Geophiloidea Leach, 1815". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1093359#null. 
  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. PMID 34794246. 

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