Species list, Checklist of Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes) for Cape Town (Western Cape)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	9 17 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	9 17 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	8 16 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	2 8 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	2 8 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape Town
2 Families width 6 Species

Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896		4	Species	Taxom
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape Town
8 Genera with 6 Species

Doryskelus Schubart, 1956	1	Species	Taxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 1926	0	Species	Taxom
Gonokollesis Attems, 1928	1	Species	Taxom
Ischnocaffrus Hoffman, 1928	1	Species	Taxom
Oxidus Cook, 1847	1	Species	Taxom
Philocaffrus Attems, 1928	1	Species	Taxom
Podochresimus Attems, 1928	1	Species	Taxom
Vanhoeffenia Attems, 1908	0	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape Town
6 Species

Doryskelus hottentottus Schubart, 1956
Gonokollesis nanus (Attems, 1928)	⇒ Gonokollesis nana Attems, 1928
Ischnocaffrus bifalcatus Attems, 1928
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)	⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Philocaffrus destitutus Attems, 1928
Podochresimus republicanus Attems, 1928

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Cape Town

Suborder	Dalodesmidea Hoffman, 1980	1 6 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Paradoxosomatidea Daday, 1889	1 2 2	Family Genera 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