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


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
8
11
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
7
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
7
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
5
8
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
5
8
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Galápagos Islands
5 Families width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)2SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Galápagos Islands
8 Genera with 8 Species
Agenodesmus Loomis, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Cylindrodesmus Pocock, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Hexadesmus Loomis, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Nesodesmus Chamberlin, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 19101SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Galápagos Islands
8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agenodesmus nullus Shear & Peck, 1987
Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860Fringed mountainsnail
Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889
Gnomeskelus tuberosus urbanus Lawrence, 1962
Hexadesmus latridens Shear & Peck, 1987
Nesodesmus insulanus Chamberlin, 1914
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910Millipede

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Galápagos Islands
SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
3
5
5
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