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


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		5
6
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
5
6
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
5
6
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
2
3
4		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		2
3
4		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kern County
2 Families width 4 Species
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes3SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kern County
3 Genera with 4 Species
Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939Appalachian mimic millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Motyxia Chamberlin, 1941Sierra luminous millipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kern County
4 Species
Brachoria initialis Chamerlin, 1939
Motyxia exilis (Loomis, 1953)⇒ Motyxia monica Chamberlin, 1944
Motyxia kerna Chamberlin, 1941Deep Slide mountainsnail
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Kern County
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
2
3
4		Families
Genera
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