Himantariidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Himantarioidea,[1] found almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere.[2] The number of leg-bearing segments in this family ranges from 47 to 181.[3] These centipedes are very elongated with a high mean number of trunk segments (often greater than 100) and great variability in this number within species.[4] This family contains these genera:
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) Himantariidae is a monophyletic family of centipedes in the order Geophilomorpha and superfamily Himantarioidea, found almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere. The number of leg-bearing segments in this family ranges from 47 to 181. These centipedes are very elongated with a high mean number of trunk segments (often greater than 100) and great variability in this number within species. This family contains these genera:
Acrophilus Bothriogaster Californiphilus Causerium Chomatobius Diadenoschisma Geoballus Gosiphilus Gosothrix Haplophilus Himantariella Himantarium Meinertophilus Mesocanthus Nesoporogaster Nothobius Notiphilus Notobius Polyporogaster Pseudohimantarium Stigmatogaster Straberax Thracophilus