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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Brussels Capital Region (Belgium)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		7
11
13		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
7
11
13		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
6
10
12		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
2
2
3		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		2
2
3		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brussels Capital Region
2 Families width 3 Species
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)1SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae (Leach, 1815)Flat Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brussels Capital Region
2 Genera with 3 Species
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1871Flat Backed Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brussels Capital Region
3 Species
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884Bridge Creek chaparral
Polydesmus coriaceus (Porat, 1871)⇒ Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Brussels Capital Region
SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
1
1
2		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