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Taxonomy of Suborder Placodesmata


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
39
800
8460
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
34
746
8162
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Epimorpha
Haase, 1880
27
532
5225
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Geophilomorpha
Pocock, 1895
Earth Centipede, Earth Centipedes, Soil Centipede
22
428
3074
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Placodesmata
1
27
257
Family
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Placodesmata
FamilyMecistocephalidae
Bollman, 1893
27
257
Genera
Species


Distribution and Species lists of Placodesmata
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Afghanistan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Argentina
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Australia
1 Families  2 Genera  27 Species
Austria
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Azerbaijan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Bahamas
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Barbados
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Belgium
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Brazil
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Bulgaria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Cambodia
1 Families  2 Genera  5 Species
Cameroon
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Cape Verde
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
China
1 Families  6 Genera  30 Species
Croatia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Cuba
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Czech Republic
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Denmark
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Egypt
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species
Equatorial Guinea
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species
Fiji
1 Family  1 Genus  11 Species
France
1 Families  3 Genera  5 Species
Germany
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Guyana
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Haiti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Hungary
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
India
1 Families  4 Genera  15 Species
Indonesia
1 Families  3 Genera  32 Species
Iraq
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Israel
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species
Italy
1 Families  10 Genera  44 Species
Jamaica
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Japan
1 Families  9 Genera  34 Species
Kazakhstan
1 Families  2 Genera  1 Species
Kenya
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
Kyrgyzstan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Laos
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Liberia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Madagascar
1 Family  1 Genus  9 Species
Malawi
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Malaysia
1 Families  2 Genera  10 Species
Maldives
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Marshall Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Mauritius
1 Families  2 Genera  10 Species
Mexico
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Micronesia
1 Family  1 Genus  10 Species
Montenegro
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Mozambique
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Myanmar
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
Nepal
1 Families  2 Genera  4 Species
Netherlands
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
New Zealand
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species
Nigeria
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
Pakistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Palau
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
Panama
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Papua New Guinea
1 Family  1 Genus  8 Species
Philippines
1 Families  2 Genera  8 Species
Poland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Portugal
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Republic South Africa
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Romania
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Russia
1 Families  3 Genera  4 Species
Samoa
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Seychelles
1 Families  2 Genera  7 Species
Singapore
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Slovakia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Slovenia
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Solomon Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  6 Species
Somalia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
South Korea
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Sri Lanka
1 Family  1 Genus  4 Species
Sweden
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Taiwan
1 Families  4 Genera  28 Species
Tajikistan
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Tanzania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Thailand
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Togo
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Tuvalu
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Uganda
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Ukraine
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
United Kingdom
1 Families  3 Genera  6 Species
USA
1 Families  5 Genera  19 Species
Uzbekistan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Vanuatu
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Vietnam
1 Family  1 Genus  7 Species
Yemen
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Zimbabwe
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species


Distribution on islands


Links, sources and further information
Placodesmata at itis.gov
Placodesmata at marinespecies.org