Oryidae

Oryidae is a monophyletic family of soil centipedes belonging to the superfamily Himantarioidea.

==Description== Centipedes in this family feature a short head, stout antennae, mandibles with a series of pectinate lamellae, a slightly concave labral margin with a row of denticles or bristles, first maxillae with one article on each telopodite, and claws on the second maxillae fringed by two rows of filaments. The coxosternite and forcipules are short without denticles, and the forcipular segment is stout with a wide tergite. Sternal pores are mainly clustered as two pairs of groups, the ultimate legs usually have no pretarsus, and the female gonopods are distinct and usually biarticulate.