| Suborder | Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895
| 10 508 3788 | Families Genera Species |
| Suborder | Dalodesmidea Hoffman, 1980
| 1 81 483 | Family Genera Species |
| Suborder | Leptodesmidea Cook, 1895
| 0 0 0 | Families Genera Species |
| Suborder | Paradoxosomatidea Daday, 1889
| 1 334 3017 | Family Genera Species |
| Suborder | Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
| 18 482 3410 | Families Genera Species |
| Suborder | Strongylosomatidea Daday, 1889
| 0 0 0 | Families Genera Species |
| Family | Ammodesmidae Cook, 1896
| 3 8 | Genera Species |
| Family | Australiosomatidae Brölemann, 1916
| 1 1 | Genus Species |
| Family | Campodesmidae Cook, 1896
| 4 16 | Genera Species |
| Family | Chytodesmidae Cook, 1896
| 0 0 | Genera Species |
| Family | Comodesmidae
| 0 0 | Genera Species |
| Family | Dobrodesmidae Shear, Ferreira & Iniesta in Shear & al., 2016
| 0 0 | Genera Species |
| Family | Doratodesmidae Cook, 1895 ⇒ Haplodesmidae
| 13 19 | Genera Species |
| Family | Fontariidae Attems, 1926
| 0 0 | Genera Species |
| Family | Gomphodesmidae Cook, 1896
| 64 249 | Genera Species |
| Family | Oxydesmidae Cook, 1895
| 44 363 | Genera Species |
| Family | Stylodesmidae Cook, 1895 ⇒ Pyrgodesmidae
| 1 1 | Genus Species |
| Family | Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910
| 19 41 | Genera Species |
| Family | Vaalogonopodidae Verhoeff, 1940
| 3 9 | Genera Species |
| Genus | Aethiopohelix Attems, 1926
| 0 | Species |
| Genus | Aipotropis Chamberlin, 1920
| 4 | Species |
| Genus | Andastikus Attems, 1926
| 0 | Species |
| Genus | Aphlotes Chamberlin, 1945
| 2 | Species |
| Genus | Arndtodesmus Schubart, 1945
| 5 | Species |
| Genus | Augodesmus Cook, 1896
| 0 | Species |
| Genus | Choridesmus Cook, 1896
| 2 | Species |
| Genus | Cocacolaria Hoffman, 1987
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Comodesmus Cook, 1896
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Cotylotropis Carl, 1926
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Discodesmus Cook, 1896
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Eneilissomus Verhoeff, 1939
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Eneillissomus Verhoeff, 1939
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Eoniscus
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Fijiodesmus Chamberlin, 1920
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Gymnogonodesmus Carl, 1922
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Hynidesmus Cook, 1896
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Hystichodesmus
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Kylindogaster Verhoeff, 1939
| 2 | Species |
| Genus | Leptocubanus Attems, 1926
| 0 | Species |
| Genus | Mastodesmus Carl, 1911
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Mauritiosoma Verhoeff, 1939
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Orthodesmus Cook, 1896
| 0 | Species |
| Genus | Paraphilus ♰ Zhang & al., 1994
| 3 | Species |
| Genus | Peronorchus Attems, 1907
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Phlyctodesmus Chamberlin, 1920
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Phyecricus Attems, 1926
| 0 | Species |
| Genus | Pilochilus Chamberlin, 1920
| 2 | Species |
| Genus | Plusiogonodesmus Silvestri, 1899
| 1 | Species |
| Genus | Schizotelopoditius Verhoeff, 1934
| 0 | Species |
| Genus | Tarsotyle Attems, 1926
| 0 | Species |