Gomphodesmidae

{{short description|Family of millipedes}}

{{Taxobox

|image= Tymbodesmus falcatus Burkina Faso.jpg

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| image_caption = Tymbodesmus falcatus from Burkina Faso

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| subphylum = Myriapoda

| classis = Diplopoda

| ordo = Polydesmida

| familia = Gomphodesmidae

| familia_authority = Cook, 1896

| synonyms =Eurydesminae Attems, 1898

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Gomphodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polydesmida, containing around 55 genera and 150 species.{{cite journal|last=Shear|first=W|title=Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity : an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness|year=2011|journal=Zootaxa|pages=159–164|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p164.pdf|editor=Zhang, Z.-Q.}}[http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17061253 Catalogue of Life 2014 checklist]

The family is native to Africa, and occurs primarily in savanna habitat (open-canopy grasslands) from South Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia.{{cite web|title=Geographic distribution of Millipede Families|url=http://fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/Identification_Table_3.pdf|work=Milli-PEET Identification Tables|publisher=The Field Museum, Chicago|accessdate=9 November 2014|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130085051/https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/Identification_Table_3.pdf|url-status=dead}}