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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Central America (America)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
53
249
991
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
51
246
986
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
49
244
978
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
22
154
563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
22
154
563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central America
22 Families width 563 Species and 7 Subspecies
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Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 191654SpeciesTaxom
Chelodesmidae Cook, 189563SpeciesTaxom
Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 188023SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 189618SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Dorsoporidae Loomis, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Euryuridae Pocock, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 191639SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18959SpeciesTaxom
Holistophallidae Silvestri, 190911SpeciesTaxom
Nearctodesmidae Chamberlin &..., 19501SpeciesTaxom
Oniscodesmidae DeSaussure, 18608SpeciesTaxom
Oxydesmidae Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 188910SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 189530SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 189698SpeciesTaxom
Rhachodesmidae Carl, 190359SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 186961SpeciesTaxom
Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 19100SpeciesTaxom
Tridontomidae Loomis & Hof..., 19623SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes70SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Central America
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
9
76
352
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
9
10
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
9
66
199
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTrichopolydesmidae
Verhoeff, 1910
1
0
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