Pselliodidae is a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of small

centipedes 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 a ...

, identical and closely related to house centipedes.

Genera and species

, the

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recognizes the following genera and species in Pselliodidae: * '' Gonethella'' ** '' Gonethella nesiotes'' * '' Gonethina'' **'' Gonethina fijiana'' ** '' Gonethina grenadensis'' * '' Sphendononema'' **'' Sphendononema chagualensis'' **'' Sphendononema guildingii'' **'' Sphendononema rugosa'' In contrast, wrote this family comprises "at least three species in a single genus", only mentioning the genus ''Sphendononema'' and the species ''S. guildingii'' and ''S. rugosa''.

Genera and species

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