Himantarioidea
 | This article may be too technical for most readers to understand. (December 2021) |
| Himantarioidea | |
|---|---|
| |
| Himantarium gabrielis | |
Scientific 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]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Himantarioidea Bollman, 1893". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
 | This myriapoda-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |