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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Tanganyika (Tanzania)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
8
20
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
8
20
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
8
20
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
5
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
5
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tanganyika
5 Families width 10 Species
Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Gomphodesmidae (Cook, 1896)5SpeciesTaxom
Oxydesmidae Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chelodesmidae Cook, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tanganyika
9 Genera with 10 Species
Aklerobunus Attems, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Astrodesmus Cook, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Gomphodesmus Cook, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Himatiopus Verhoeff, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Lyodesmus Cook, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Metaphoricus Attems, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Morogorius Verhoeff, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Orodesmus Cook, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Suohelisoma Hoffman, 19641SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanganyika
10 Species
Aklerobunus sphinx Verhoeff, 1941
Astrodesmus hirsutipes Verhoeff, 1941
Astrodesmus laxus Gerstäcker, 1873
Astrodesmus noduliger Verhoeff, 1941
Gomphodesmus castaneus Cook, 1896
Gomphodesmus harrisi (Verhoeff, 1941)⇒ Agrophogonus harrisi Verhoeff, 1941
Himatiopus iuloideus Verhoeff, 1941
Lyodesmus episemus Attems, 1899
Morogorius pallidus Verhoeff, 1941
Suohelisoma ulugurense Hoffman, 1964

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Tanganyika
SuborderChelodesmidea
Cook, 1895
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuborderParadoxosomatidea
Daday, 1889
1
3
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPolydesmidea
Leach, 1815
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyGomphodesmidae
Cook, 1896
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOxydesmidae
Cook, 1895
2
1
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