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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Greece (Southeast Europe)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
34
110
311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
33
108
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
29
100
283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
7
22
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
7
22
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Greece
7 Families width 49 Species and 11 Subspecies
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes13SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes18SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Euryuridae Pocock, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)14SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Greece
22 Genera with 49 Species
#ABCELMNOPRST
Apheloria Chamberlin, 17702SpeciesTaxom
Brachydesmus Heller, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Cliodesmus Chamberlin, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Cretodesmus Strasser, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Euryurus C. L. Koch, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Lohmanderodesmus Schubart, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Melaphe Cook, 19407SpeciesTaxom
Metonomastus Attems, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Nannaria Chamberlin, 1949Twisted-Claw Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Ochridaphe Hoffman, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Oxyurus Koch, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Platytarrus Attems, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1903Flat Backed Millipedes18SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Rudiloria Causey, 1864Brilliant Allegheny Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Scytonotus Koch, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Serradium Verhoeff, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Stosatea Gray, 18895SpeciesTaxom
Strongylosoma Brandt, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Tetrarthrosoma Verhoeff, 19702SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Greece
49 Species and 11 Subspecies
Apheloria adela Chamberlin, 1939
Apheloria virginiensis Drury, 1770Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Brachydesmus peristerensis Verhoeff, 1932
Cliodesmus cryptopygus Chamberlin, 1923
Cretodesmus obliquus Strasser, 1974
Euryurus maculatus C. L. Koch, 1847
Lohmanderodesmus galeatus Schubart, 1934Banded woollybear
Melaphe albanica Verhoeff, 1932
Melaphe cypria Humbert & Sa..., 1869
Melaphe thracia (Verhoeff, 1926)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe vestita vestita (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe vestitus (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Melaphe vestita C. L. Koch, 1847
Melaphe wohlberedti Verhoeff, 1940
Metonomastus strasseri atticus Strasser, 1974
Nannaria cayugae Chamberlin, 1949
Ochridaphe albanica (Verhoeff, 1932)⇒ Melaphe albanica Verhoeff, 1932
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Oxyurus vestita Koch & C.L., 1847
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Platytarrus cryptodesmoides Attems, 1928
Polydesmus cerrrutti Strasser, 1967
Polydesmus cerrutii Strasser, 1967
Polydesmus complanatus illyricus Verhoeff, 1893
Polydesmus graecus (Daday, 1889)⇒ Polydesmus syrensis Verhoeff, 1903
Polydesmus graecus rhodosensis Loksa, 1970
Polydesmus graecus syrensis (Verhoeff, 1903)⇒ Polydesmus syrensis Verhoeff, 1903
Polydesmus herzegowinensis Verhoeff, 1897
Polydesmus ionicus Strasser, 1974
Polydesmus klisurensis (Verhoeff, 1903)⇒ Polydesmus mediterraneus Daday, 1889
Polydesmus mediterraneus Daday, 1889
Polydesmus mediterraneus martensi Strasser, 1967
Polydesmus mediterraneus valachicus Tabacaru & N..., 1961
Polydesmus mediterraneus valachius (Tabacaru & N..., 1961)⇒ Polydesmus mediterraneus valachicus Tabacaru & N..., 1961
Polydesmus peloponnesi Strasser, 1974
Polydesmus peloponnesi inflexus Strasser, 1974
Polydesmus rodopensis Gulicka, 1968
Polydesmus rubelus Attems, 1902
Polydesmus syrensis Verhoeff, 1903
Pseudopolydesmus canadensis Newport, 1844Canadian Flat-Back Millipede
Pseudopolydesmus serratus Say, 1821Common Pink Flat-Back Millipede
Rudiloria mohicana Causey, 1955Furrowed helicellid
Rudiloria trimaculata Wood, 1864Grand Coulee mountainsnail
Scytonotus granulatus Say, 1821Granulated Millipede
Serradium spiliarum Strasser, 1974
Stosatea arcadica Verhoeff, 1900
Stosatea cretica Verhoeff, 1901
Stosatea granulata Daday, 1889
Stosatea iadrense Pregl, 1883
Stosatea simonii Daday, 1889
Strongylosoma arcadicum (Verhoeff, 1900)⇒ Stosatea arcadica Verhoeff, 1900
Strongylosoma creticum (Verhoeff, 1901)⇒ Stosatea cretica Verhoeff, 1901
Strongylosoma pallidicephalus franzi (Loksa, 1970)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma franzi Loksa, 1970
Strongylosoma samium Verhoeff, 1901
Tetrarthrosoma franzi Loksa, 1970
Tetrarthrosoma pallidicephalum franzi (Loksa, 1970)⇒ Tetrarthrosoma franzi Loksa, 1970

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Greece
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
3
8
15
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
6
14
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
2
7
19
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Polydesmida at irmng.org
Polydesmida at itis.gov