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Checklist for Superorder Merocheta Cook, 1895
and region Ascension Parish (Louisiana, USA)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		5
5
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
5
5
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
5
5
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
4
4
4		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ascension Parish
4 Families width 4 Species
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)1SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae (Cook, 1895)Xystodesmid Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ascension Parish
4 Genera with 4 Species
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Pachydesmus Cook, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 18881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ascension Parish
4 Species
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Pachydesmus simulans (Chamberlin, 1942)⇒ Pachydesmus crassicutis crassicutis Wood, 1864
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum Bollman, 1888

Subnodes of Merocheta with occurrences in Ascension Parish
OrderPolydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		4
4
4		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Merocheta at artfakta.se
Merocheta at marinespecies.org