Geophilomorpha (Soil Centipedes)

Head much elongate, with lateral margins distinctly converging backwards; cephalic pleurites differentiated mesally into a non-areolate band and a marginal sclerotized stilus.

Up to 220 mm, flat with elongate body, short antennae with wide basal segments, head small and narrow, oecelli absent.

Second maxillae with claws that are often fringed by small spines or rows of filaments; sternal pores usually present, most often in a single field; each coxopleuron most often has only one or two pores.