Geophilidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Chilopoda
- Order
- Geophilomorpha
- Family
- Geophilidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Geophilidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Geophilidae
Geophilidae (from Ancient Greek γεω- (geo-), meaning "earth", and φίλος (phílos), meaning "lover") is a family of soil centipedes in the superfamily Geophiloidea and the order Geophilomorpha. In 2014, a phylogenetic analysis based on morphological and molecular data found this family to be polyphyletic. To avoid this polyphyly, authorities dismissed the families Aphilodontidae, Dignathodontidae, Linotaeniidae, and Macronicophilidae, which are now deemed to be junior synonyms for Geophilidae. Authorities also moved some genera from Geophilidae to form the family Zelanophildae in order to avoid the polyphyly of the family Geophilidae. The family Geophilidae now includes more than 650 species in more than 120 genera. This family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species found almost worldwide.
...Geophilidae in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Grondhonderdpote
- Hungarian
- Rinyák
- Japanese
- ツチムカデ科
- Japanese
- ジムカデ科
- Korean
- 땅지네과
- Swedish
- storjordkrypare
- Swedish
- spoljordkrypare
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Abatorus
- Acanthogeophilus
- Achilophilus
- Agathothus
- Agnathodon
- Algerophilus
- Alloschizotaenia
- Aphilodontinae
- Apogeophilus
- Arctogeophilus
- Arenophilus
- Aztekophilus
- Barrophilus
- Bebekium
- Bithyniphilus
- Brachygeophilus
- Brachygonarea
- Caliphilus
- Cephalodolichus
- Cheiletha
- Chilenophilus
- Chomatophilus
- Clinopodes
- Condylona
- Damothus
- Dekanphilus
- Dignathodon
- Diphyonyx
- Diplochora
- Dyodesmophilus
- Dysmesus
- Ecuadoron
- Eremerium
- Eremorus
- Erithophilus
- Eurygeophilus
- Eurytion
- Fagetophilus
- Filipponus
- Folkmanovius
- Galliophilus
- Garrina
- Geomerinus
- Geoperingueyia
- Geophilus
- Gnathomerium
- Gnathoribautia
- Gosipina
- Hapleurytion
- Harmostela
- Harpacticellus
- Henia
- Horonia
- Hovanyx
- Hyphydrophilus
- Javaenia
- Ketampa
- Kurdistanius
- Lionyx
- Macronicophilus
- Malochora
- Maoriella
- Mecistauchenus
- Mixophilus
- Nabocodes
- Nannocrix
- Navajona
- Nesomerium
- Nicopus
- Nothogeophilus
- Oligna
- Orinomerium
- Ortognathus
- Pachymerellus
- Pachymerinus
- Pachymerium
- Pagotaenia
- Pandineum
- Peruphilus
- Photophilus
- Piestophilus
- Plateurytion
- Pleurogeophilus
- Poaphilus
- Polycricus
- Polygonarea
- Porethus
- Portoricellus
- Portoricona
- Proschizotaenia
- Pseudofagetophilus
- Purcellinus
- Pycnona
- Queenslandophilus
- Ribautia
- Schendyloides
- Schizonampa
- Schizonium
- Schizopleres
- Schizotaenia
- Sepedonophilus
- Serrona
- Simophilus
- Sogona
- Steneurytion
- Stenotaenia
- Strigamia
- Stylolaemus
- Synerium
- Synthophilus
- Taiyuna
- Tampiya
- Taschkentia
- Telocricus
- Timpina
- Tretechthus
- Tuoba
- Tweediphilus
- Tylonyx
- Watophilus
- Zantaenia
- Zygona
- Zygophilus





























































































































































