Zelanophilidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Chilopoda
Order:
Geophilomorpha
Suborder:
Adesmata
Superfamily:
Geophiloidea
Family:
Zelanophilidae

Bonato, Drago and Murienne, 2014

Zelanophilidae is a family of centipedes belonging to the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Geophiloidea.[1][2] Centipedes in this family are found in the Australasian region.[1] The smallest species in this family, Tasmanophilus spenceri, measures only 23 mm in length and has only 39 pairs of legs,[3] the minimum number recorded in this family.[4] The largest species in this family, Australiophilus ferrugineus, can reach 120 mm in length and can have as many as 109 leg pairs.[3][4] The species Australiophilus longissimus can reach 72 mm in length and can have as many as 117 leg pairs,[5] the maximum number recorded in this family.[4]

Genera:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bonato, Lucio; Drago, Leandro; Murienne, Jerome (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.
  2. 1 2 "ITIS Standard Report Page: Zelanophilidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 Archey, Gilbert (1936). "Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2 (1): 43–70 [47, 52-53]. ISSN 0067-0464 – via JSTOR.
  4. 1 2 3 Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ↑ Attems, Carl (1929). Lfg. 52 Myriapoda, 1: Geophilomorpha (in German). De Gruyter. p. 212. doi:10.1515/9783111430638. ISBN 978-3-11-143063-8.
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