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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Chicago (Northern Illinois, Illinois, USA)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		11
20
19		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
11
20
19		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
11
20
19		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
4
7
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		4
7
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Chicago
4 Families width 7 Species
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18950SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)1SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Chicago
7 Genera with 7 Species
Cylindrodesmus Pocock, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Pleuroloma Rafinesque, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1884Flat Backed Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 18213SpeciesTaxom
Scytonotus Koch, 18211SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Chicago
7 Species
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Pleuroloma flavipes Rafinesque, 1820Barren milkvetch
Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884Bridge Creek chaparral
Pseudopolydesmus collinus Hoffman, 1974Wrinkled helicellid
Pseudopolydesmus minor Bollman, 1887Mineral Creek mountainsnail
Pseudopolydesmus serratus Say, 1821Common Pink Flat-Back Millipede
Scytonotus granulatus Say, 1821Granulated Millipede

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Chicago
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
2
5
5		Families
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