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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Northern Illinois (Illinois, USA)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
19
39
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
17
37
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
16
36
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
6
12
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
6
12
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern Illinois
6 Families width 14 Species
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes4SpeciesTaxom
Euryuridae Pocock, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18950SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)1SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northern Illinois
12 Genera with 14 Species
Apheloria Chamberlin, 17702SpeciesTaxom
Auturus Chamberlin, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Cylindrodesmus Pocock, 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Melaphe Cook, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918
Twisted-Claw Millipedes0SpeciesTaxom
Oxidus Cook, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacus Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Pleuroloma Rafinesque, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1884Flat Backed Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 18215SpeciesTaxom
Scytonotus Koch, 18211SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Illinois
14 Species
Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939
Apheloria virginiensis Drury, 1770Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Auturus evides Bollman, 1887Mineral Creek mountainsnail
Melaphe apamea Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Pleuroloma flavipes Rafinesque, 1820Barren milkvetch
Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884Bridge Creek chaparral
Pseudopolydesmus collinus Hoffman, 1974Wrinkled helicellid
Pseudopolydesmus erasus Loomis, 1943New Mexico talussnail
Pseudopolydesmus minor Bollman, 1887Mineral Creek mountainsnail
Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum Bollman, 1888
Pseudopolydesmus serratus Say, 1821Common Pink Flat-Back Millipede
Scytonotus granulatus Say, 1821Granulated Millipede

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Northern Illinois
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
3
6
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
2
5
7
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