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


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
28
59
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
27
58
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
26
57
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
11
34
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
11
34
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ecuador
11 Families width 39 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chelodesmidae Cook, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)5SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 189515SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes5SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ecuador
31 Genera with 39 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOP
Alocodesmus Silvestri, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Aphelidesmus Brolemann, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Barydesmus Cook, 189813SpeciesTaxom
Biporodesmus Attems, 01SpeciesTaxom
Camptomorpha Silvestri, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Chondrodesmus Silvestri, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Chondromorpha Silvestri, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Colobodesmus Brolemann, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Cordilleronomus Attems, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Cyclodesmus Humbert & De..., 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Cylindrodesmus Pocock, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmus Gervais, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Dibolostethus Hoffman, 2009
0SpeciesTaxom
Ernostyx Chamberlin, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Haematotropis Jeekel, 2000
0SpeciesTaxom
Helicorthomorpha Attems, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Hexadesmus Loomis, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Igaraparana Hoffman, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Leiodesmus Silvestri, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Leptodesmus Saussure, 18974SpeciesTaxom
Mesodesmus Carl, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Nesodesmus Chamberlin, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Orthomorpha Bollman, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Pastazina Vohland, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Platyrrhacus
0SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1847Flat Backed Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Psammodesmus Cook, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Pycnotropis Carl, 19981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
39 Species and 1 Subspecies
Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860Fringed mountainsnail
Barydesmus acanthosternus Brölemann, 1900
Barydesmus aequatorialis Silvestri, 1897
Barydesmus aequinoctius Attems, 1914
Barydesmus affinis Brölemann, 1919
Barydesmus bifasciatus Silvestri, 1897
Barydesmus broelemanni Attems, 1914
Barydesmus celinus Chamberlin, 1941
Barydesmus festae Silvestri, 1897
Barydesmus gualaquizensis Silvestri, 1897
Barydesmus kerri Cook, 1896
Barydesmus nangaritza Recuero & Sá..., 2018
Barydesmus strenuus Silvestri, 1897
Barydesmus tenebrosus Silvestri, 1898
Biporodesmus carli
Camptomorpha dorsalis Silvestri, 1897
Chondromorpha xanthotricha Attems, 1898
Colobodesmus cobanus (Chamberlin, 1952)⇒ Sphaeriodesmus cobanus Chamberlin, 1952
Cordilleronomus ortonedae Silvestri, 1897
Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889
Cyrtodesmus baerti Shear & Peck, 2018
Ernostyx moyobambus Chamberlin, 1941
Gnomeskelus tuberosus urbanus Lawrence, 1962
Helicorthomorpha holstii Pocock, 1895Millipede
Hexadesmus lateridens Loomis, 1933
Igaraparana batesi Hoffman, 1982
Leiodesmus acutangulus Silvestri, 1898
Leptodesmus acutangulus
Leptodesmus gayanus (Gervais, 1847)⇒ Polydesmus gayanus Gervais, 1847
Leptodesmus loyanus
Leptodesmus ortonedae (Silvestri, 1897)⇒ Cordilleronomus ortonedae Silvestri, 1897
Nesodesmus insulanus Chamberlin, 1914
Orthomorpha coarctata (DeSaussure, 1860)⇒ Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860
Pastazina crassa Vohland, 1998
Polydesmus gayanus Gervais, 1847
Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910Millipede
Psammodesmus fasciolatus Silvestri, 1898
Pycnotropis carli Golovatch, V..., 1998

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Ecuador
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
4
19
23
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
7
5
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
5
7
10
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