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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Huntsville (Madison County, Alabama, USA)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
7
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
6
9
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
3
6
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
3
6
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Huntsville
3 Families width 6 Species
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes3SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Huntsville
6 Genera with 6 Species
Cherokia Chamberlin, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Desmonus Cook, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Oenomaea Hoffman, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Pachydesmus Cook, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Rhysodesmus Cook, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Huntsville
6 Species
Cherokia georgiana Chamberlin, 1939Antilles glass-slug
Desmonus earlei Cook, 1898Milk Ranch talussnail
Oenomaea pulchella (Bollman, 1889)⇒ Fontaria pulchella Bollman, 1889
Pachydesmus crassicutis Hoffman, 1958Elegant helicellid
Pseudopolydesmus erasus Loomis, 1943New Mexico talussnail
Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum Bollman, 1888

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Huntsville
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
2
5
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
0
0
0
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
1
1
2
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