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


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
56
417
1542
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
52
403
1514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
48
398
1504
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
18
247
795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
18
247
795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South America
18 Families width 795 Species and 9 Subspecies
Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 191683SpeciesTaxom
Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895142SpeciesTaxom
Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 18807SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 189612SpeciesTaxom
Dalodesmidae Cook, 189676SpeciesTaxom
Euryuridae Pocock, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 191660SpeciesTaxom
Gomphodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Oniscodesmidae DeSaussure, 18609SpeciesTaxom
Oxydesmidae Cook, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889154SpeciesTaxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 189572SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes90SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 189647SpeciesTaxom
Rhachodesmidae Carl, 19039SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 18692SpeciesTaxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895Xystodesmid Millipedes21SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in South America
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
7
118
333
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderDalodesmidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
20
76
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
31
154
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
7
74
228
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGomphodesmidae
Cook, 1896
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
2
2
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