Ityphilus

Ityphilus is a genus of soil centipedes in the clade once accepted as the family Ballophilidae, but now regarded as a possible subfamily (Ballophilinae) in the family Schendylidae. This genus includes 28 species. These centipedes are found mostly in tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas but also on islands in Seychelles, East Asia, and the Pacific Ocean.

== Taxonomy == This genus was first described in 1899 by the American myriapodologist Orator Fuller Cook in 1899. He placed this genus in the family Ballophilidae. In 2014, however, a phylogenetic analysis of the order Geophilomorpha using both morphological and molecular evidence found representatives of the family Ballophilidae nested among species of the family Schendylidae. To avoid paraphyly of the family Schendylidae with respect to Ballophilidae, authorities dismissed Ballophilidae as a separate family. Authorities now place this genus in the family Schendylidae instead, but some references continue to place this genus in the family Ballophilidae.