Species list, Checklist of Suborder Chelodesmidea for Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)

Taxonomy & Distribution
Browser for Arthropods

Region search

Countries

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPRSTUVZ

⌕

Checklist for Suborder Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	53 150 446	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	52 147 443	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	46 136 319	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	15 43 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	15 43 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	4 5 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Indian Ocean islands
4 Families width 4 Species

Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 1916		2	Species	Taxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895	Xystodesmid Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 1869		0	Species	Taxom

Genera for Indian Ocean islands
5 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Indian Ocean islands
4 Species

Aphelidesmus taurinus Loomis, 1964
Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Nyssodesmus concolor Loomis, 1964
Seminellogon magnus Loomis, 1964

Subnodes of Chelodesmidea with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands

Family	Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 1916	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Platyrhacidae ♰ Pocock, 1895	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 Xystodesmid Millipedes	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Chelodesmidea at artfakta.se
Chelodesmidea at itis.gov