Ityphilus

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
Genus: Ityphilus
Species (28): I. betschi – I. bonatoi – I. boteltobogensis – I. calinus – I. cavernicolus – I. ceibanus – I. cifuentesi – I. crabilli – I. demoraisi – I. donatellae – I. geoffroyi – I. grandis – I. grismadoi – I. guianensis – I. idansu – I. krausi – I. lilacinus – I. mauriesi – I. melanostigmus – I. microcephalus – I. nemoides – I. palidus – I. perrieri – I. polypus – I. saucius – I. savannus – I. sensibilis – I. tenuicollis
Name

Ityphilus Cook, 1899

Type species: Ityphilus lilacinus Cook, 1899, (original designation)
Synonyms

Prionothalthybius Brölemann, 1909
Thalthybius Attems, 1900

References
Primary references

Cook, O.F. 1899. The Geophiloidea of the Florida Keys. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4(3) (1896–1901): 302–312. BHL Reference page. [See page 306.]

Additional references

Pereira, L.A. 2013. Further contribution to the knowledge of Ityphilus calinus Chamberlin, 1957, a poorly known ballophilid centipede from Colombia, with description of Ityphilus bonatoi, a new diminutive geophilomorph species from Brazil (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha). Zootaxa 3716(4): 501–527. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.4.1 Reference page.

Links

Ityphilus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Ityphilus is a genus of centipedes in the family Ballophilidae. It was described by American myriapodologist Orator Fuller Cook in 1899.[1][2] Centipedes in this genus range from 2 cm to 9 cm in length and have 41 to 113 pairs of legs.[3]
Species

There are about 28 valid species:[2]

Ityphilus betschi Pereira, 2010
Ityphilus bonatoi Pereira, 2013
Ityphilus boteltobogensis (Wang, 1955)
Ityphilus calinus Chamberlin, 1957
Ityphilus cavernicolus (Matic, Negrea & Fundora Martínez, 1977)
Ityphilus ceibanus Chamberlin, 1922
Ityphilus cifuentesi Cupul-Magaña, 2014
Ityphilus crabilli Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1994
Ityphilus demoraisi Pereira, Minelli & Barbieri, 1995
Ityphilus donatellae Pereira, 2012
Ityphilus geoffroyi Pereira, 2013
Ityphilus grandis (Turk, 1955)
Ityphilus grismadoi Pereira, 2017
Ityphilus guianensis Chamberlin, 1921
Ityphilus idanus Crabill, 1960
Ityphilus krausi Pereira & Minelli, 1996
Ityphilus lilacinus Cook, 1899
Ityphilus mauriesi Demange & Pereira, 1985
Ityphilus melanostigma (Attems, 1900)
Ityphilus microcephalus (Brölemann, 1909)
Ityphilus nemoides Chamberlin, 1943
Ityphilus palidus (Matic, Negrea & Fundora Martínez, 1977)
Ityphilus perrieri (Brölemann, 1909)
Ityphilus polypus (Matic, Negrea & Fundora Martínez, 1977)
Ityphilus saucius Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2000
Ityphilus savannus Chamberlin, 1943
Ityphilus sensibilis Pereira, Foddai & Minelli, 2000
Ityphilus tenuicollis (Takakuwa, 1934)

References

Cook, OF (1899). "The Geophiloidea of Florida Keys". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 4: 303–312 [306].
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). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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.