Aphilodontidae

Aphilodontidae is a monophyletic clade of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae[1] found in South America and South Africa. These centipedes are closely related to Geoperingueyia and characterized by shieldlike setae on the front of the head, lateral parts of the flattened cuticle above the mouthparts, and combined forcipular trochanteroprefemur and femur.[2] The number of legs in this clade varies within species and ranges from 35 to 87 pairs of legs.[3]

Aphilodontidae
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Genera

  • Aphilodon Silvestri, 1898
  • Mecophilus Silvestri, 1909
  • Mairata Calvanese, Brescovit & Bonato
  • Philacroterium Attems, 1926

References

  1. Bonato, Lucio; Drago, Leandro; Murienne, Jerome (2014). "Phylogeny of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence". Cladistics. The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 30 (5): 485โ€“507. doi:10.1111/cla.12060. PMID 34794246. S2CID 86204188.
  2. 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 24 October 2021.
  3. Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda โ€“ Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363โ€“443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)


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