Himantarioidea

Himantarioidea
Himantarium gabrielis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Suborder: Adesmata
Superfamily: Himantarioidea
(Bollman, 1893)[1]
Families

Himantarioidea is a monophyletic superfamily of soil centipedes in the suborder Adesmata containing the families Oryidae, Himantariidae, and Schendylidae (including Ballophilidae).[1] This superfamily is characterized by a labrum fringed by marginal denticles, an epipharynx with clusters of spear-shaped sensilla on the clypeal part, and telopodites of the second maxillae with a distally flattened pretarsus.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Himantarioidea Bollman, 1893". 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.