Schendylops is the largest genus of centipedes in the family Schendylidae, containing more than 60 species.

[1][2] This genus was first proposed by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1899 for the type species originally named Schendyla grandidieri in 1897.

[5] Centipedes in this genus feature two rows of filaments on the claws of the second maxillae, sternal pore fields on leg-bearing segments, two pores on each coxopleuron, and ultimate legs with seven segments but no claw.

[2] This genus is notable for including the two species that feature the fewest legs (27 pairs) in the order Geophilomorpha.

[5] Females of the African species S. caledonicus have from 81 to as many as 87 pairs,[6] the maximum recorded in this genus.