Aphilodontidae

thumb | right Aphilodontinae is a monophyletic group of soil centipedes previously known as the family Aphilodontidae in the order Geophilomorpha. This clade is now considered a subfamily in the family Geophilidae and has been renamed accordingly. This subfamily now includes more than 30 described species distributed among four genera.

== Phylogeny and taxonomy == In 2014, a phylogenetic analysis of the order Geophilomorpha based on morphological and molecular data found the family Aphilodontidae nested within the family Geophilidae. To avoid paraphyly of the family Geophilidae with respect to Aphilodontidae, authorities dismissed Aphilodontidae as a separate family. Authorities now deem Aphilodontidae to be a junior synonym of Geophilidae. A phylogenetic analysis of the family Geophilidae based on morphology confirms the monophyly of the subfamily Aphilodontinae. The morphological evidence also places this subfamily in a clade with the geophilid genus Geoperingueyia, which emerges as the closest relative of this subfamily in a phylogenetic tree of the family Geophilidae.