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


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
47
323
1164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
45
316
1150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
42
313
1144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
17
201
640
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
17
201
640
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern South America
17 Families width 640 Species and 6 Subspecies
Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 191679SpeciesTaxom
Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895127SpeciesTaxom
Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 189612SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Euryuridae Pocock, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 191656SpeciesTaxom
Gomphodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Oniscodesmidae DeSaussure, 18609SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889133SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 189570SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes81SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 189642SpeciesTaxom
Rhachodesmidae Carl, 19038SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes10SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Northern South America
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
7
106
298
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
3
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
27
133
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
7
63
205
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGomphodesmidae
Cook, 1896
1
1
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