Aphilodontidae

Aphilodontidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Suborder:	Adesmata
Superfamily:	Geophiloidea
Family:	Geophilidae

Aphilodontidae is a monophyletic clade of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae found in South America and South Africa. They're 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.[1]

Genera

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

References

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 (01): 1–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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[1] 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 (01): 1–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4698.1.1. Retrieved 24 October 2021.