Geophilidae

Geophilidae
Geophilus flavus, the Netherlands
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Geophilidae

Leach, 1815 [1]
Synonyms[2]

Chilenophilidae
Sogonidae

Geophilus sp. mother and brood.

The Geophilidae are a polyphyletic, cosmopolitan family of soil centipedes in the superfamily Geophiloidea[3] containing the mostly defunct clades Aphilodontidae,[4] Dignathodontidae,[5] Linotaeniidae,[6] Chilenophilinae,[7] and Macronicophilidae.[8] These centipedes are found almost worldwide.[9]

  1. ^ "Geophilidae Leach, 1815". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Geophilidae".
  3. ^ Bonato, Lucio (2014). "Phylogeny of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence". Cladistics. 30 (5): 485–507. doi:10.1111/cla.12060. PMID 34794246. S2CID 86204188.
  4. ^ Calvanese, Victor C. (2019-11-15). "Revision of the Neotropical species of Aphilodontinae (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae), with eight new species and a first phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily". Zootaxa. 4698 (1): zootaxa.4698.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1. PMID 32229999. S2CID 209592191. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  5. ^ "ITIS - Report: Dignathodontidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ^ "ITIS - Report: Linotaeniidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ Crabill, Ralph Edwin (1954). "A conspectus of the northeastern North American species of Geophilus (Chilopoda Geophilomorpha Geophilidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 56: 172–188. Retrieved 23 October 2021 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  8. ^ "ITIS - Report: Macronicophilidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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