Pselliodidae Explained

Pselliodidae is a family of small centipedes, closely related to house centipedes.

Genera and species

, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System recognizes the following genera and species in Pselliodidae:

• Gonethella
  • Gonethella nesiotes
• Gonethina
  • Gonethina fijiana
  • Gonethina grenadensis
• Sphendononema
  • Sphendononema chagualensis
  • Sphendononema guildingii
  • Sphendononema rugosa

In contrast, wrote this family comprises "at least three species in a single genus", only mentioning the genus Sphendononema and the species S. guildingii and S. rugosa.

Further reading

• Edgecombe. Gregory D.. Giribet. Gonzalo. A century later – a total evidence re-evaluation of the phylogeny of scutigeromorph centipedes (Myriapoda : Chilopoda). Invertebrate Systematics. 2006. 20. 5. 503–525. 10.1071/IS05044.
• Würmli. Marcus. Synopsis der neotropischen Pselliodidae (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. 1978. 13. 2. 135–142. 10.1080/01650527809360536.
• Würmli. Marcus. Revision der afrikanischen Pselliodiden (Chilopoda: Scutigerida: Pselliodidae). Schubartiana. 2005. 1. 3–8.