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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
35
195
755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
32
189
733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
29
179
680
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
10
100
459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
10
100
459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
10 Families width 459 Species and 14 Subspecies
Chelodesmidae Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896129SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19165SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 189539SpeciesTaxom
Opisotretidae Hoffman, 19802SpeciesTaxom
Oxydesmidae Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889266SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes11SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Australia
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
25
131
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
55
266
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
5
17
59
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Polydesmida at artfakta.se
Polydesmida at dyntaxa.se
Polydesmida at gbif.org
Polydesmida at irmng.org
Polydesmida at itis.gov