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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Leicestershire (East Midlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		7
16
19		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
6
15
18		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
5
14
17		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 Leicestershire
2 Families width 4 Species
Macrosternodesmidae Brölemann, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae (Leach, 1815)Flat Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Leicestershire
3 Genera with 4 Species
Macrosternodesmus Brölemann, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Ophiodesmus Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1871Flat Backed Millipedes2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Leicestershire
4 Species
Macrosternodesmus palicola Brölemann, 1908
Ophiodesmus albonanus Latzel, 1895
Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884Bridge Creek chaparral
Polydesmus coriaceus (Porat, 1871)⇒ Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Leicestershire
SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
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