Dignathodontidae

Dignathodontidae is a monophyletic clade of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae^[1] found in the Mediterranean region, extending to Macaronesia, Caucasus, and western and central Europe. The clade is characterized by a gradually anteriorly tapered body, a short head with non-attenuated antennae, and a poorly sclerotized labrum with tubercles.^[2] The number of legs in this clade varies within as well as among species and ranges from 43 pairs (in Henia brevis^[3]) to 153 pairs of legs (in Henia devia^[4]).^[2] Species in this clade tend to have more leg-bearing segments and greater intraspecific variability in this number than generally found in the family Geophilidae.^[5]

Dignathodontidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Dignathodontidae Cook, 1896

Genera:^[6]

• Agnathodon Folkmanová & Dobroruka, 1960
• Dignathodon Meinert, 1870
• Henia Koch, 1847
• Pagotaenia Chamberlin, 1915
• Zygophilus Chamberlin, 1952