AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
9
20
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
9
20
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
9
20
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
4
10
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
4
10
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ghana
4 Families width 14 Species
Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 18800SpeciesTaxom
Campodesmidae Cook, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Oxydesmidae (Cook, 1895)9SpeciesTaxom
Gomphodesmidae Cook, 18963SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ghana
10 Genera with 14 Species
Aporodesmus Porat, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Campodesmus Cook, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Coromus Gervais, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Gomphodesmus Cook, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Mastigoromus Hoffman, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Morocus Hoffman, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Oxydesmus Humbert & Sa..., 19551SpeciesTaxom
Sphenodesmus Cook, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Tropidesmus Cook, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Tymbodesmus Cook, 19661SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
14 Species
Campodesmus dilobatus Schiøtz, 1966
Coromus afer Newport, 1844
Coromus diaphorus Attems, 1899Nigerian flat millipede
Coromus laevis Cook, 1896
Coromus pellisternus Attems, 1931
Coromus villiersi Schubart, 1955
Gomphodesmus barryi (Schiøtz, 1966)⇒ Tymbodesmus barryi Schioetz, 1966
Mastigoromus karamenga Schiøtz & Ho..., 1990
Mastigoromus rectangularis Hoffman, 1990
Morocus trimaculatus Schiotz & Ho..., 1990
Oxydesmus villiersi (Schubart, 1955)⇒ Coromus villiersi Schubart, 1955
Sphenodesmus sheribongensis Schiøtz, 1966
Tropidesmus dilobatus Schiøtz, 1966
Tymbodesmus barryi Schioetz, 1966

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Ghana
SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCampodesmidae
Cook, 1896
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGomphodesmidae
Cook, 1896
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
4
9
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