Schendylidae is a family of soil centipedes in the superfamily Himantarioidea and the order Geophilomorpha.

[1][2] These centipedes are found in the Americas, the Palearctic region, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, and southeast Asia, and also on some Pacific islands.

[5][6] Centipedes in this family feature second maxillae with claws that are often fringed by small spines or rows of filaments.

[8] Several other species in this family are known from specimens with notably few leg pairs in each sex, including Schendlya antici (29 in males and 31 in females),[11] Escaryus cryptorobius (as few as 31 in males and 33 in females),[12] and Schendyla walachica (as few as 33 in each sex).

The most extreme examples are the two species in the South American genus Dinogeophilus, which range from 4.5 to 5.5 mm in length.