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

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Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
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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 Eastern Cape (Cape)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	15 26 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	14 25 39	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	13 24 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	5 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	5 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Eastern Cape
5 Families width 7 Species

Gomphodesmidae Cook, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896		3	Species	Taxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)		1	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Eastern Cape
8 Genera with 7 Species

Antiphonus Attems, 1901		1	Species	Taxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 1927		2	Species	Taxom
Oxidus Cook, 1847		1	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Platytarropus Verhoeff, 1939		1	Species	Taxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1927	Flat Backed Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom
Rhopaloskelus Verhoeff, 1939		0	Species	Taxom
Vanhoeffenia Attems, 1908		0	Species	Taxom

Species list for Eastern Cape
7 Species

Antiphonus diploconus Attems, 1901
Gnomeskelus globifer Attems, 1928
Gnomeskelus rhodobates Attems, 1927
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)	⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Platytarropus polydesmoides Verhoeff, 1939
Polydesmus stiphropus Attems, 1927

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Eastern Cape

Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Dalodesmidea Hoffman, 1980	1 4 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Paradoxosomatidea Daday, 1889	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Gomphodesmidae Cook, 1896	1 1	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