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


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		18
23
29		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
17
22
28		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
17
22
28		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
6
6
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		6
6
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Colorado
6 Families width 7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)1SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae (Leach, 1815)Flat Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Colorado
6 Genera with 7 Species
Cliodesmus Chamberlin, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Melaphe Cook, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1942Flat Backed Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colorado
7 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cliodesmus cryptopygus Chamberlin, 1923
Gnomeskelus tuberosus urbanus Lawrence, 1962
Melaphe apamea Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Polydesmus pronomeutes (Chamberlin, 1942)⇒ Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Colorado
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
2
2
3		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
2
2
2		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