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Geophilidae  Leach, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 553111

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Aphilodontidae Silvestri, 1909
  
    Dignathodontidae Cook, 1896
  
    Linotaeniidae Cook, 1899
  
    Macronicophilidae Verhoeff, 1925
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumMyriapoda  – miriápode, myriapods  
                   ClassChilopoda  – centipedes, centopéia, quilópode, centipeds  
                      SubclassPleurostigmophora Pocock, 1902  
                         OrderGeophilomorpha   
                            SuborderAdesmata   
                               SuperfamilyGeophiloidea Leach, 1815  
                                  FamilyGeophilidae Leach, 1815  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Strigamia tropica Wood, 1862  
                                     Genus Abatorus Chamberlin, 1965  
                                     Genus Acanthogeophilus Minelli, 1982  
                                     Genus Achilophilus Attems, 1926  
                                     Genus Agathothus Bollman, 1893  
                                     Genus Agnathodon Folkmanová and Dobroruka, 1960  
                                     Genus Algerophilus Brölemann, 1925  
                                     Genus Alloschizotaenia Brölemann, 1909  
                                     Genus Aphilodon Silvestri, 1898  
                                     Genus Apogeophilus Silvestri, 1905  
                                     Genus Araucania Chamberlin, 1956  
                                     Genus Arctogeophilus Attems, 1909  
                                     Genus Arenophilus Chamberlin, 1912  
                                     Genus Aztekophilus Verhoeff, 1934  
                                     Genus Barrophilus Chamberlin, 1940  
                                     Genus Bebekium Verhoeff, 1941  
                                     Genus Bithyniphilus Verhoeff, 1941  
                                     Genus Brachygeophilus Brölemann, 1909  
                                     Genus Brachygonarea Ribaut, 1911  
                                     Genus Caliphilus Chamberlin, 1941  
                                     Genus Cephalodolichus Verhoeff, 1938  
                                     Genus Cheiletha Chamberlin, 1946  
                                     Genus Chilenophilus Attems, 1909  
                                     Genus Chomatophilus Pocock, 1896  
                                     Genus Clinopodes C. L. Koch, 1847  
                                     Genus Condylona Chamberlin, 1941  
                                     Genus Damothus Chamberlin, 1960  
                                     Genus Dekanphilus Verhoeff, 1938  
                                     Genus Dignathodon Meinert, 1870  
                                     Genus Diphyonyx Bonato, Zapparoli and Minelli, 2008  
                                     Genus Dyodesmophilus Verhoeff, 1938  
                                     Genus Dysmesus Chamberlin, 1944  
                                     Genus Ecuadoron Chamberlin, 1956  
                                     Genus Endogeophilus Bonato, Zapparoli, Drago and Minelli, 2016  
                                     Genus Eremerium Chamberlin, 1941  
                                     Genus Eremorus Chamberlin, 1963  
                                     Genus Erithophilus Cook, 1899  
                                     Genus Eurygeophilus Verhoeff, 1899  
                                     Genus Fagetophilus Folkmanová, 1956  
                                     Genus Filipponus Chamberlin, 1962  
                                     Genus Galliophilus Ribaut and Brolemann, 1927  
                                     Genus Garrina Chamberlin, 1915  
                                     Genus Geomerinus Brölemann, 1912  
                                     Genus Geoperingueyia Attems, 1926  
                                     Genus Geophilus Leach, 1814  
                                     Genus Gnathoribautia Brölemann, 1909  
                                     Genus Gosipina Chamberlin, 1940  
                                     Genus Hapleurytion Verhoeff, 1940  
                                     Genus Harmostela Chamberlin, 1941  
                                     Genus Harpacticellus Verhoeff, 1941  
                                     Genus Henia C. L. Koch, 1847  
                                     Genus Horonia Chamberlin, 1966  
                                     Genus Hovanyx Lawrence, 1960  
                                     Genus Hyphydrophilus Pereira, Minelli and Barbieri, 1994  
                                     Genus Ketampa Chamberlin, 1956  
                                     Genus Kurdistanius Verhoeff, 1941  
                                     Genus Lionyx Chamberlin, 1960  
                                     Genus Macronicophilus Silvestri, 1909  
                                     Genus Maoriella Attems, 1903  
                                     Genus Mecistauchenus Brölemann, 1907  
                                     Genus Mecophilus Silvestri, 1909  
                                     Genus Mixophilus Silvestri, 1929  
                                     Genus Nabocodes Chamberlin, 1940  
                                     Genus Nannocrix Chamberlin, 1918  
                                     Genus Navajona Chamberlin, 1930  
                                     Genus Nesidiphilus Chamberlin, 1915  
                                     Genus Nesomerium Chamberlin, 1953  
                                     Genus Nicopus Attems, 1947  
                                     Genus Nothogeophilus Lewis, Jones and Keay, 1988  
                                     Genus Oligna Chamberlin, 1943  
                                     Genus Orinomerium Chamberlin, 1956  
                                     Genus Ortognathus Folkmanová, 1958  
                                     Genus Pachymerellus Chamberlin, 1920  
                                     Genus Pachymerinus Silvestri, 1905  
                                     Genus Pachymerium C. L. Koch, 1847  
                                     Genus Pagotaenia Chamberlin, 1915  
                                     Genus Pandineum Chamberlin, 1956  
                                     Genus Peruphilus Chamberlin, 1944  
                                     Genus Philacroterium Attems, 1926  
                                     Genus Piestophilus Cook, 1895  
                                     Genus Plateurytion Attems, 1909  
                                     Genus Pleurogeophilus Verhoeff, 1901  
                                     Genus Poaphilus Chamberlin, 1912  
                                     Genus Polycricus Saussure and Humbert, 1872  
                                     Genus Polygonarea Attems, 1909  
                                     Genus Porethus Chamberlin, 1952  
                                     Genus Portoricellus Chamberlin, 1950  
                                     Genus Portoricona Chamberlin, 1950  
                                     Genus Proschizotaenia Silvestri, 1907  
                                     Genus Pseudofagetophilus Folkmanová and Dobroruka, 1960  
                                     Genus Purcellinus Attems, 1926  
                                     Genus Pycnona Chamberlin, 1943  
                                     Genus Queenslandophilus Verhoeff, 1925  
                                     Genus Ribautia Brölemann, 1909  
                                     Genus Schendyloides Attems, 1897  
                                     Genus Schizonampa Chamberlin, 1914  
                                     Genus Schizonium Chamberlin, 1956  
                                     Genus Schizopleres Folkmanová, 1956  
                                     Genus Schizotaenia Cook, 1896  
                                     Genus Sepedonophilus Attems, 1909  
                                     Genus Serrona Chamberlin, 1941  
                                     Genus Sogona Chamberlin, 1912  
                                     Genus Steneurytion Attems, 1909  
                                     Genus Stenotaenia C. L. Koch, 1847  
                                     Genus Strigamia Gray, 1843  
                                     Genus Stylolaemus Karsch, 1881  
                                     Genus Sundageophilus Bonato, Klarner, Widyastuti and Scheu, 2016  
                                     Genus Synerium Chamberlin, 1956  
                                     Genus Synthophilus Chamberlin, 1946  
                                     Genus Taiyuna Chamberlin, 1912  
                                     Genus Taschkentia Verhoeff, 1930  
                                     Genus Telocricus Chamberlin, 1915  
                                     Genus Timpina Chamberlin, 1912  
                                     Genus Tretechthus Cook, 1896  
                                     Genus Tuoba Chamberlin, 1920  
                                     Genus Tylonyx Cook, 1899  
                                     Genus Watophilus Chamberlin, 1912  
                                     Genus Zantaenia Chamberlin, 1960  
                                     Genus Zygona Chamberlin, 1960  
                                     Genus Zygophilus Chamberlin, 1952  
       
                                   FamilyGeophilidae Leach, 1815 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                     Genus Javaenia Chamberlin, 1944  
                                     Genus Malochora Chamberlin, 1941  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Rowland M. Shelley  
  Notes: Curator of Terrestrial Invertebrates, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, P. O. Box 29555, Raleigh, NC 27626-0555 USA   
  Reference for: Geophilidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda), database (version 2016)  
  Acquired: 2018   
  Notes: Bonato, L., A. Chagas Junior, G. D. Edgecombe, J. G. E. Lewis, A. Minelli,L. A. Pereira, R. M. Shelley, P. Stoev, and M. Zapparoli. (2016) Chilobase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Available at http://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it   
  Reference for: Geophilidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bonato, L., G. D. Edgecombe, and M. Zapparoli / Minelli, A., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chilopoda - Taxonomic overview   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Zoology - The Myriapoda, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 363-443   
  Publisher: Brill   
  Publication Place: Leiden, The Netherlands   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geophilidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bonato, Lucio, Leandro Drago, and Jérome Murienne  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogeny of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Cladistics, vol. 30, no. 5   
  Page(s): 485-507   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0748-3007   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/cla.12060   
  Reference for: Geophilidae   
       

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