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


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
18
28
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
17
27
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
16
26
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
8
12
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
8
12
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Galápagos
8 Families width 14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)2SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Chelodesmidae Cook, 18950SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Galápagos
12 Genera with 14 Species
Agenodesmus Loomis, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Aphelidesmus Brolemann, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Cylindrodesmus Pocock, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmus Gervais, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Hexadesmus Loomis, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Mesodesmus Carl, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Nesodesmus Chamberlin, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pycnotropis Carl, 19313SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Galápagos
14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agenodesmus nullus Shear & Peck, 1987
Aphelidesmus rivicola Silvestri, 1898
Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860Fringed mountainsnail
Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889
Cyrtodesmus baerti Shear & Peck, 2018
Gnomeskelus tuberosus urbanus Lawrence, 1962
Hexadesmus lateridens Loomis, 1933
Hexadesmus latridens Shear & Peck, 1987
Nesodesmus insulanus Chamberlin, 1914
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910Millipede
Pycnotropis carli Golovatch, V..., 1998
Pycnotropis haenschi Carl, 1918
Pycnotropis mammata Attems, 1931

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Galápagos
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
4
6
7
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