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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Cuba (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
18
39
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
18
39
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
18
39
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
8
21
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
8
21
60
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cuba
8 Families width 60 Species and 4 Subspecies
Chelodesmidae Cook, 189542SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)4SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 18694SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae (Leach, 1815)Flat Millipedes3SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18950SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cuba
21 Genera with 60 Species
#ACDGHLPRST
Amphelictogon Chamberlin, 191833SpeciesTaxom
Antrogonodesmus Hoffman, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Chondromorpha Silvestri, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Cubodesmus Chamberlin, 19989SpeciesTaxom
Cyclodesmus Humbert & De..., 19222SpeciesTaxom
Darlingtoniella Loomis, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Docodesmus Cook, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Haplocyclodesmus Attems, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Heteropente Loomis, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Hexadesmus Loomis, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichodesmus Loomis, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Leiomodesmus Loomis, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1859Flat Backed Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Psammodesmus Cook, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhacophorus Kuhl & Hasselt, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmus Peters, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Stenonia Gray, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Strongylosoma Brandt, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Tomodesmus Chamberlin, 19181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cuba
60 Species and 4 Subspecies
Amphelictogon alayoni Pérez-Asso, 1996Cottonwood shoulderband
Amphelictogon atricolor Loomis, 1938
Amphelictogon blairi Pérez-Asso, 1998
Amphelictogon couloni Humbert & Sa..., 1869Golden zachrysia
Amphelictogon cubanus Chamberlin, 1918Redwood hesperian
Amphelictogon dentatus Chamberlin, 1918Redwood hesperian
Amphelictogon dolius Chamberlin, 1922
Amphelictogon estebani Pérez-Asso, 1998
Amphelictogon flavipes Chamberlin, 1918
Amphelictogon flexus Loomis, 1938
Amphelictogon garridoi Pérez-Asso, 1996Cottonwood shoulderband
Amphelictogon guantanamanus Chamberlin, 1918
Amphelictogon guantanamus Chamberlin, 1918
Amphelictogon heteromus Hoffman, 1963
Amphelictogon hoffmani Pérez-Asso, 1996Cottonwood shoulderband
Amphelictogon juvenis Chamberlin, 1918
Amphelictogon loomisi Pérez-Asso, 1998
Amphelictogon maculatus Chamberlin, 1918
Amphelictogon magnus Bollman, 1888
Amphelictogon obscurus Chamberlin, 1918Redwood hesperian
Amphelictogon pallidipes Chamberlin, 1918Redwood hesperian
Amphelictogon pinetorum Chamberlin, 1922
Amphelictogon propinquus Loomis, 1938
Amphelictogon rex Loomis, 1941
Amphelictogon romano Peréz-Asso, 2001
Amphelictogon rubripes Chamberlin, 1918
Amphelictogon strumosus Loomis, 1938
Amphelictogon subterraneus Saussure, 1859Pygmy mountainsnail
Amphelictogon subterraneus dolius Chamberlin, 1922
Amphelictogon subterraneus pinetorum Chamberlin, 1922
Amphelictogon subterraneus subterraneus Saussure, 1859
Amphelictogon thomasi Pérez-Asso, 1996Cottonwood shoulderband
Amphelictogon zygethus Chamberlin, 1918
Antrogonodesmus curiosus Hoffman, 1959
Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860Fringed mountainsnail
Asiomorpha poeyi Bollman, 1887
Chondromorpha xanthotricha Attems, 1898
Cubodesmus latior (Chamberlin, 1918)⇒ Cubodesmus ramsdeni Chamberlin, 1918
Cubodesmus limoneus (Chamberlin, 1918)⇒ Cubodesmus ramsdeni Chamberlin, 1918
Cubodesmus mariana Pérez-Asso, 1998
Cubodesmus pelopleurus Chamberlin, 1918
Cubodesmus princeps (Chamberlin, 1918)⇒ Cubodesmus ramsdeni Chamberlin, 1918
Cubodesmus prominens Loomis, 1938
Cubodesmus proximus (Chamberlin, 1918)⇒ Cubodesmus ramsdeni Chamberlin, 1918
Cubodesmus ramsdeni Chamberlin, 1918Redwood hesperian
Cubodesmus yazminae Pérez-Asso, 1998
Cyclodesmus irretitus (Loomis, 1937)⇒ Haplocyclodesmus irretitus Loomis, 1937
Cyclodesmus pinetorum (Chamberlin, 1922)⇒ Sphaeriodesmus pinetorum Chamberlin, 1922
Darlingtoniella provecta Loomis, 1938
Docodesmus cubensis Loomis, 1937
Docodesmus maculatus Bollman, 1888
Gnomeskelus tuberosus urbanus Lawrence, 1962
Haplocyclodesmus irretitus Loomis, 1937Oregon shoulderband
Heteropente planifrons Loomis, 1933
Hexadesmus lateridens Loomis, 1933
Hystrichodesmus cubensis Loomis, 1938
Leiomodesmus flavocinctus Loomis, 1938
Polydesmus subterraneus (Saussure, 1859)⇒ Amphelictogon subterraneus subterraneus Saussure, 1859
Rhacophorus magnus (Bollman, 1888)⇒ Amphelictogon magnus Bollman, 1888
Sphaeriodesmus pinetorum Chamberlin, 1922
Stenonia maculata (Bollman, 1889)⇒ Docodesmus maculatus Bollman, 1888
Strongylosoma poeyi (Bollman, 1887)⇒ Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860
Tomodesmus thaumastus Chamberlin, 1918Redwood hesperian

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Cuba
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
3
9
46
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
3
8
9
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