Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Africa (Continents)
List of families for Africa
21 Families width 827 Species and 57 Subspecies #ACDEFGHOPSTVX
| Ammodesmidae Cook, 1896 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Campodesmidae Cook, 1896 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895 | | 112 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 1880 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896 | | 55 | Species | Taxom | | Euryuridae Pocock, 1909 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Gomphodesmidae Cook, 1896 | | 145 | Species | Taxom | | Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oniscodesmidae DeSaussure, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxydesmidae Cook, 1895 | | 182 | Species | Taxom | | Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889 | | 155 | Species | Taxom | | Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Polydesmidae Leach, 1815 | Flat Millipedes | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896 | | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 1869 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Vaalogonopodidae Verhoeff, 1940 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 | Xystodesmid Millipedes | 5 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Africa | Suborder | Chelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
| 6
46
128 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Suborder | Dalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
| 1
17
55 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Suborder | Paradoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
| 1
41
155 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Suborder | Polydesmidea
Leach, 1815
| 7
66
134 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Ammodesmidae
Cook, 1896
| 3
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Campodesmidae
Cook, 1896
| 2
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Gomphodesmidae
Cook, 1896
| 54
145 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Oxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
| 39
182 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Trichopolydesmidae
Verhoeff, 1910
| 1
4 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Vaalogonopodidae
Verhoeff, 1940
| 3
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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