Gonibregmatidae are a
paraphyletic (with respect to Neogeophilidae and Eriphantidae) family of
soil centipedes belonging to the
superfamily Geophiloidea.
The number of leg-bearing segments in this family varies within species and ranges from 57 to 191. This family includes the species ''Gonibregmatus plurimipes'', which can have as many as 191 leg pairs, the maximum number found in the class
Chilopoda
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, a ...
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Genera:
* ''
Disargus''
Cook, 1896
* ''
Gonibregmatus''
Newport, 1843
* ''
Himantosoma''
Pocock, 1891
* ''
Sogophagus''
Chamberlin, 1912
* ''
Vinaphilus''
References
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Geophilomorpha