Macronicophilus
| Macronicophilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Macronicophilus Silvestri, 1909 |
| Type species | |
| Macronicophilus ortonedae Silvestri, 1909
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| Species | |
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Macronicophilus is a genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae. This genus contains only four species. These centipedes exhibit traits so unusual that authorities once placed this genus in its own family, Macronicophilidae. In 2014, however, authorities deemed Macronicophilidae to be a junior synonym of Geophilidae, and references now place this genus in the family Geophilidae instead. These centipedes are found in the northern Andes and the Amazon basin in South America.