Ballophilidae is a monophyletic family of
centipede
Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an ...
s belonging to the order
Geophilomorpha
The centipedes or Chilopoda are divided into the following orders.
Scutigeromorpha
The Scutigeromorpha are anamorphic, reaching 15 leg-bearing segments in length. Also known as house centipedes, they are very fast creatures, and able to withstan ...
and superfamily
Himantarioidea
Himantarioidea is a monophyletic superfamily of soil centipedes in the suborder Adesmata containing the families Oryidae, Himantariidae, and Schendylidae
Schendylidae is a paraphyletic (with respect to Ballophilidae) family of soil centipe ...
.
Genera
Genera:
* ''
Afrotaenia''
Chamberlin, 1951
* ''
Ballophilus''
Cook, 1896
* ''
Caritohallex''
Crabill, 1960
*''
Cerethmus''
*''
Clavophilus''
*''
Diplethmus''
*''
Ityphilus''
*''
Koinethmus''
*''
Leucolinum''
*''
Taeniolinu''
*''
Tanophilus''
*''
Zygethmus''
References
Geophilomorpha
Centipede families
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