Species list, Checklist of Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes) for Jefferson County (Alabama, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	7 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	7 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	7 8 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	4 5 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	4 5 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Jefferson County (Alabama)
4 Families width 4 Species

Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895	Xystodesmid Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)		1	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Jefferson County (Alabama)
5 Genera with 4 Species

Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939	Appalachian mimic millipedes	0	Species	Taxom
Cherokia Chamberlin, 1939		1	Species	Taxom
Oxidus Cook, 1847		1	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1821		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Jefferson County (Alabama)
4 Species

Cherokia georgiana Chamberlin, 1939	Antilles glass-slug
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)	⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Pseudopolydesmus serratus Say, 1821	Common Pink Flat-Back Millipede

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Jefferson County (Alabama)

Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	2 3 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Paradoxosomatidea Daday, 1889	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	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