| Schendylidae | |
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| Ballophilus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Schendylidae Cook, 1896 |
Schendylidae is a family of soil centipedes in the superfamily Himantarioidea and the order Geophilomorpha.[1][2] These centipedes are found in the Americas, the Palearctic region, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, and southeast Asia, and also on some Pacific islands.[3] This family was first proposed by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1896.[4]
- ^ "Schendylidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cook, O. F. (1896). "An arrangement of the Geophilidæ, a family of Chilopoda". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 18 (1039): 63–75 [70]. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.18-1039.63.