Belongs within: Euarthropoda.
Contains: Symphyla, Pauropoda, Diplopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Geophilomorpha, Lithobiidae.
The Myriapoda are a clade of terrestrial arthropods with often elongate bodies composed of numerous, mostly undifferentiated segments. Respiration is by means of tracheae, and Malpighian tubules are present (Grimaldi & Engel 2005). They include the centipedes (Chilopoda), members of which have the first trunk segment modified into forcipules, with the appendages forming a pincer-like structure with poison glands opening near the tips (Mundel 1990). The remaining myriapods are united in a clade Progoneata supported the presence of gonopores near the front of the body, behind the second body segment.
<==Myriapoda [Stigmatopnea]
|--Progoneata [Dignatha]RS10
| |--+--SymphylaAC19
| | `--+--PauropodaAC19
| | `--DiplopodaAC19
| `--ArthropleurideaW05
| |--MicrodecemplicidaW05
| |--ArthropleuraAC19 [ArthropleuridaW05]
| | `--A. armata Jordan 1854RB93
| `--Eoarthropleuridae [Eoarthropleurida]W05
| |--Eoarthropleura devonica Størmer 1976RB93
| `--Tiphoscorpio hueberi Kjellesvig-Waering 1986RB93, S93
`--Chilopoda [Anamorpha, Gonopodophora, Heteroterga, Syngnatha, Triakontapoda]AC19
| i. s.: Eucratonyx hamatusA27
| Cupipes impressusA27
| |--C. i. impressusA27
| `--C. i. armatusA27
|--Scutigeromorpha [Notostigmophora, Scutigerida]BFM03
| |--PselliodesK55 [PselliodidaeM90, Pselliodinae]
| | `--P. nigrovittata (Meinert 1886) (see below for synonymy)K55
| |--Latzelia [Gerascutigeridae, Latzeliidae]RB93
| | `--L. primordialis Scudder 1890RB93
| `--ScutigeridaeM90
| |--AllothereuaGEW01
| |--Thereuopoda clunifera (Wood 1862)H04
| |--Pilbarascutigera incola (Verhoeff 1925)T13
| `--ScutigeraM90
| |--S. araneoidesG20
| |--S. coleoptrataM90
| |--S. complanataA01
| |--S. hispidaA01
| |--S. illigeri (Koch & Berendt 1854)RB93
| |--S. leachii (Koch & Berendt 1854)RB93
| `--S. linceci (Wood 1867) [=Cermatia linceci; incl. S. nubila Chamberlin 1922]K54
`--PleurostigmophoraRS10
|--+--CraterostigmusRS10 [CraterostigmomorphaBFM03]
| | |--C. crabilli Edgecombe & Giribet 2008GFB14
| | `--C. tasmanianusRS10
| `--+--DevonobiusRB93 [Devonobiidae, DevonobiomorphaBFM03]
| | `--D. delta Shear & Bonamo 1988RB93
| `--EpimorphaM90
| |--ScolopendromorphaBFM03
| `--GeophilomorphaBFM03
`--Lithobiomorpha [Lithobiida]BFM03
|--LithobiidaeBFM03
|--GosibiidaeM90
|--Bothropolys [Ethropolidae]M90
|--Pseudolithobius [Pseudolithobiidae]M90
|--AnopsobiusGFB14 [AnopsobiidaeM90]
| `--A. neozelanicus Silvestri 1909GFB14
|--HenicopidaeM90
| |--ZygethobiusM90
| `--LamyctesM90
| |--L. emarginatusM83
| `--L. fulvicornisM90
`--WatobiidaeM90
|--Malbius Chamberlin 1943C62
|--TropobiusC62
`--CruzobiusC62
|--C. atoyacus Chamberlin 1942C62
|--C. pococki Crabill 1962C62
|--C. verus Chamberlin 1942C62
`--C. viganus Chamberlin 1944C62
Myriapoda incertae sedis:
ThyropygusNS03
Atractosoma hyalops Latzel 1889L89
ArthronomalusE12
|--A. brevicornis Newport 1848E12
|--A. marginatus Newport 1848E12
|--A. punctatus Newport 1848E12
`--A. puncticeps Newport 1848E12
Antrokoreana gracilipesWS10
‘Gervaisia’ Waga 1858 non Bonaparte 1854OF80
Cambropodus gracilisRB93
Kampecaris [Kampecarida]WSB93
`--K. forfarensis Peach 1882WSB93
Callipus Risso 1826R26
Cermatia variegata Risso 1826R26
Dolystenus saviiB82
Prionosoma canestrinii [=Megalosoma canestrinii; incl. Craspedosoma marmoratum]B82
LysiopetalumB82
|--L. carinatum [incl. Callipus longipes, C. rissonius]B82
|--L. foetidissimum [=Iulus foetidissimus, Eurygyrus foetidissimus]B82
`--L. seriale [=Eurygyrus serialis]B82
Pselliodes nigrovittata (Meinert 1886) [=Scutigera nigrovittata; incl. P. colombiana Chamberlin 1921, Brasilophora trimarmorata Bücherl 1950]K55
*Type species of generic name indicated
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