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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Honduras (Central America)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
18
20
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
18
20
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
18
20
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
7
8
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
7
8
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Honduras
7 Families width 14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 19164SpeciesTaxom
Chelodesmidae Cook, 18956SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Holistophallidae Silvestri, 19090SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 18691SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Honduras
8 Genera with 14 Species
Amplinus Attems, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Chondrodesmus Silvestri, 19224SpeciesTaxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Holistophallus Silvestri, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Melaphe Cook, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Nyssodesmus Cook, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Schistides Chamberlin, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmus Peters, 19221SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Honduras
14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amplinus constrictus Chamberlin, 1953Garden zachrysia
Amplinus manni Chamberlin, 1922
Amplinus mimus Chamberlin, 1953Garden zachrysia
Amplinus orphnius Chamberlin, 1922
Chondrodesmus alidens Chamberlin, 1922
Chondrodesmus allenae Loomis, 1959
Chondrodesmus alleni (Loomis, 1959)⇒ Chondrodesmus allenae Loomis, 1959
Chondrodesmus tuberculifer Chamberlin, 1922
Gnomeskelus tuberosus urbanus Lawrence, 1962
Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Nyssodesmus python Peters, 1864Large forest-floor millipede
Schistides atopopallus
Schistides atopophallus Chamberlin, 1922
Sphaeriodesmus hondurasanus Chamberlin, 1922

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Honduras
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
6
7
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
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