Ballophilidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Chilopoda
Ordo: Geophilomorpha

Surbordo: Adesmata
Superfamilia: Himantarioidea
Familia: Schendylidae
Subfamilia: Ballophilinae
Genera: Ballophilus – Caritohallex – Cerethmus – Clavophilus – Diplethmus – Ityphilus – Koinethmus – Leptyniphilus – Leptynophilus – Leucolinum (Schendylidae) – Prionothalthybius – Schendylotyn – Taeniolinum – Tanophilus – Thalthybius – Zygethmus
Name

Ballophilinae

References

Tulande-M, E., Prado, C.C. & Triana, H.D. 2018. The first Taeniolinum from the Andes Mountains and Colombia (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha). Zootaxa 4532(1): 113–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.7 Paywall Reference page.

Ballophilidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes belonging to the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Himantarioidea.[1][2] Some authorities dismiss this group as a family, citing phylogenetic analysis, and instead refer to this clade as Ballophilinae, a possible subfamily within the family Schendylidae.[2][3] The number of legs in this clade varies within species and ranges from 37 to 113 pairs of legs.[4] Species in this clade tend to have more leg-bearing segments and greater intraspecific variability in this number than generally found in the family Schendylidae.[5]
Genera

Genera:[1]

Afrotaenia Chamberlin, 1951
Ballophilus Cook, 1896
Caritohallex Crabill, 1960
Cerethmus
Clavophilus
Diplethmus
Ityphilus Cook, 1899
Koinethmus
Leucolinum
Taeniolinu
Tanophilus
Zygethmus

References

"Ballophilidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
Bonato, Lucio; Drago, Leandro; Murienne, Jérôme (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. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
Bonato, L.; Chagas Junior, A.; Edgecombe, G.D.; Lewis, J.G.E.; Minelli, A.; Pereira, L.A.; Shelley, R.M.; Stoev, P.; Zapparoli, M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda)". chilobase.biologia.unipd.it. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
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.
Minelli, Alessandro; Bortoletto, Stefano (1988-04-01). "Myriapod metamerism and arthropod segmentation". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 33 (4): 323–343. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1988.tb00448.x. ISSN 0024-4066.