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Geophiloidea

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Geophiloidea
Geophilus sp. from Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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] This superfamily is characterized by an epipharynx with a bilobate border separating the clypeal and the labral parts, spines on the hypopharynx extending to most frontal and ventral parts, and mandibles with a single, pectinate lamella.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Geophiloidea Leach, 1815". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  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. S2CID 86204188.