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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
27
81
280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
25
76
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
24
75
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
9
43
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
9
43
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
9 Families width 83 Species and 1 Subspecies
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 188942SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18956SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 189517SpeciesTaxom
Chelodesmidae Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18966SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes0SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melanesia
39 Genera with 83 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRST
Anoplodesmus Pocock, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Aschistodesmus Pocock, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Asiomorpha Verhoeff, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Atopogonus Carl, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Australodesmus Chamberlin, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Betarhacus Hoffmann, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Biporodesmus Attems, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Caloma Chamberlin, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Chondromorpha Silvestri, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Clastrorhacus Hoffmann, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Cylindrodesmus Pocock, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1895Dragon millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Doratodesmus Cook, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Euporodesmus Chamberlin, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Eustrongylosoma Silvestri, 19206SpeciesTaxom
Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Gnomeskelus Attems, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Gyrodrepanum Carl, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Habrodesmus Cook, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Lobiferodesmus Silvestri, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Lophodesmus Pocock, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Mimosoma Chamberlin, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Nesodesmus Chamberlin, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Opisthodolichopus Verhoeff, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Orthomorpha Bollman, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Parazodesmus Pocock, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Phyllocladosoma Jeekel, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 191813SpeciesTaxom
Pleuroloma Rafinesque, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Prionopeltis Hawle, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Rhacophorus Kuhl & Hasselt, 1822
0SpeciesTaxom
Salvadoria Kraus, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Selminosoma Hoffman, 1978
0SpeciesTaxom
Solomonosoma Chamberlin, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Strongylosoma Brandt, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Tectoporus Carl, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Tholerosoma Mesibov, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Treseolobus Attems, 19202SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
83 Species and 1 Subspecies
Anoplodesmus dasys Chamberlin, 1920
Aschistodesmus atyches Chamberlin, 1945
Aschistodesmus confirmans Chamberlin, 1920
Aschistodesmus didymus Chamberlin, 1920
Aschistodesmus maius Chamberlin, 1920
Aschistodesmus manni Chamberlin, 1920
Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860Fringed mountainsnail
Atopogonus baccatus Carl, 1926
Betarhacus fallens Chamberlin, 1920
Biporodesmus aporus Kraus, 1954
Caloma agametum Chamberlin, 1945
Chondromorpha clarus Chamberlin, 1920
Chondromorpha xanthotricha Attems, 1898
Clastrorhacus acmophorus Chamberlin, 1945
Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889
Cylindrodesmus villosus Pocock, 1898
Desmoxytes planata Pocock, 1895
Doratodesmus hispidus Hoffman, 1978
Doratodesmus pholeter Hoffman, 1978
Euporodesmus solitarius Chamberlin, 1920
Eustrongylosoma beroni Golovatch & ..., 2009
Eustrongylosoma glabrum Chamberlin, 1920
Eustrongylosoma gracile Chamberlin, 1920
Eustrongylosoma reductum Chamberlin, 1920
Eustrongylosoma sequens Chamberlin, 1920
Eustrongylosoma setosum Chamberlin, 1920
Eutrichodesmus communicans Golovatch, G..., 2009
Gnomeskelus tuberosus urbanus Lawrence, 1962
Gyrodrepanum lamprum Chamberlin, 1920
Habrodesmus uncinatus Kraus, 1954
Lobiferodesmus vanuatu Golovatch, G..., 2008
Lophodesmus lamprus Chamberlin, 1920
Mimosoma glabrum Chamberlin, 1920
Mimosoma gracile Chamberlin, 1920
Mimosoma reductum Chamberlin, 1920
Mimosoma sequens Chamberlin, 1920
Mimosoma setosum Chamberlin, 1920
Nesodesmus insulanus Chamberlin, 1914
Opisthodolichopus eupistum Chamberlin, 1945
Orthomorpha coarctata (DeSaussure, 1860)⇒ Asiomorpha coarctata DeSaussure, 1860
Orthomorpha eupistum Chamberlin, 1945
Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Parazodesmus orestes Hoffman, 1997
Parazodesmus vaisisi Hoffman, 1997
Phyllocladosoma annulatipes Verhoeff, 1924
Platyrhacus acmophorus Chamberlin, 1945
Platyrhacus agametes
Platyrhacus crassacus Attems, 1914
Platyrhacus declivus Attems, 1917
Platyrhacus ethodus Chamberlin, 1945
Platyrhacus fallens Chamberlin, 1920
Platyrhacus gonethus Chamberlin, 1920
Platyrhacus margaritatus Pocock, 1897
Platyrhacus mimus Chamberlin, 1920
Platyrhacus quincuplex Attems, 1914
Platyrhacus rimosus Attems, 1915
Platyrhacus schistogon Chamberlin, 1920
Platyrhacus vicinus Carl, 1918
Pleuroloma cala Chamberlin, 1939Seagrass elysia
Prionopeltis clarus (Chamberlin, 1920)⇒ Chondromorpha xanthotricha Attems, 1898
Prionopeltis dasys Chamberlin, 1920
Salvadoria argentea Kraus, 1954
Solomonosoma confirmans Chamberlin, 1920
Solomonosoma didymus Chamberlin, 1920
Solomonosoma maius Chamberlin, 1920
Solomonosoma manni Chamberlin, 1920
Solomonosoma nigrum Chamberlin, 1920
Strongylosoma nigrum (Chamberlin, 1920)⇒ Solomonosoma nigrum Chamberlin, 1920
Strongylosoma trilineata (Newport, 1844)⇒ Cladethosoma trilineatum Newport, 1844
Tectoporus fugilil Golovatch & ..., 2009
Tectoporus jeekeli Golovatch & ..., 2009
Tholerosoma corrugatum Mesibov, 2006
Treseolobus conformans Chamberlin, 1920
Treseolobus inconspicuus Chamberlin, 1920

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Melanesia
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
3
6
19
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
21
42
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
4
11
13
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