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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Elgin County (Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		9
17
18		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
8
16
17		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
8
16
17		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
5
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		5
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Elgin County
5 Families width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Oxydesmidae Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)1SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Elgin County
6 Genera with 6 Species
Eubrachydesmus Attems, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Melaphe Cook, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Orodesminus Hoffman, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1884Flat Backed Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Elgin County
6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Eubrachydesmus superus (Latzel, 1884)⇒ Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
Melaphe apamea Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Orodesminus macrolophus macrolophus Attems, 1931
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884Bridge Creek chaparral

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Elgin County
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
2
2
2		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
1
2
2		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyOxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
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