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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Makhanda (Makana Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
8
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
8
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
7
9
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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

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


List of families for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
3 Families width 2 Species
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18960SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
4 Genera with 2 Species
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1927Flat Backed Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Rhopaloskelus Verhoeff, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Vanhoeffenia Attems, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Makhanda (Grahamstown)
2 Species
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Polydesmus stiphropus Attems, 1927

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Makhanda (Grahamstown)
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
2
0
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
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