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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Benin (West Africa)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		6
17
22		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
5
15
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
5
15
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
1
1
3		Family
Genus
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		1
1
3		Family
Genus
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Benin
1 Family width 3 Species
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 18893SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Benin
1 Genera with 3 Species
Peridontopyge Silvestri, 19263SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benin
3 Species
Peridontopyge sphaeriopyge Brölemann, 1926
Peridontopyge spinosissima Silvestri, 1897
Peridontopyge taeniata Brölemann, 1926

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Benin
SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
1
3		Family
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