Species list, Checklist of Order Polydesmida (Flat-backed Millipedes) for Worcester County (Massachusetts, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 (Flat-backed Millipedes)
and region Worcester County (Massachusetts, USA)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	9 17 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	8 16 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	8 16 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	3 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	3 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Worcester County (Massachusetts)
3 Families width 6 Species

Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	4	Species	Taxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895	Xystodesmid Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom
Paradoxosomatidae (Daday, 1889)		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Worcester County (Massachusetts)
5 Genera with 6 Species

Eubrachydesmus Attems, 1884		1	Species	Taxom
Melaphe Cook, 1968		1	Species	Taxom
Oxidus Cook, 1847		1	Species	Taxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1884	Flat Backed Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom
Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1821		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Worcester County (Massachusetts)
6 Species

Eubrachydesmus superus (Latzel, 1884)	⇒ Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)	⇒ Oxidus gigas Attems, 1953
Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884	Bridge Creek chaparral
Pseudopolydesmus canadensis Newport, 1844	Canadian Flat-Back Millipede
Pseudopolydesmus serratus Say, 1821	Common Pink Flat-Back Millipede

Subnodes of Polydesmida with occurrences in Worcester County (Massachusetts)

Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Paradoxosomatidea Daday, 1889	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	1 3 4	Family 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