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Geophiloidea
Geophilus sp. from Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Suborder:	Adesmata
Superfamily:	Geophiloidea
Families
Zelanophilidae Gonibregmatidae Geophilidae

Geophiloidea is a superfamily in the order Geophilomorpha and suborder Adesmata containing the families Zelanophilidae, Gonibregmatidae (including Eriphantidae and Neogeophilidae), and Geophilidae (including Aphilodontidae, Dignathodontidae, Linotaeniidae, Chilenophilinae, and Macronicophilidae). This superfamily is characterized by an epipharynx with a bilobate border separating the clypeal and the labral parts, spines on the hypopharynx extending to most frontal and ventral parts, and mandibles with a single, pectinate lamella.

References

1. "Geophiloidea Leach, 1815". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
2. Bonato, Lucio (2014). "Phylogeny of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) inferred from new morphological and molecular evidence". Cladistics. The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society. 30 (5): 485–507. doi:10.1111/cla.12060. PMID 34794246. S2CID 86204188.

• Geophilomorpha
• Arthropod superfamilies