Species list, Checklist of Suborder Chelodesmidea for Leeward Islands (Antilles)

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Checklist for Suborder Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895
and region Leeward Islands (Antilles)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	26 40 60	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	24 38 57	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	22 36 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	9 16 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	9 16 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	5 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Leeward Islands
5 Families width 6 Species

Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 1951		1	Species	Taxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 1869		1	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895		2	Species	Taxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895	Xystodesmid Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Leeward Islands
6 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Leeward Islands
6 Species

Alocodesmus dromeus Chamberlin, 1922
Eurymerodesmus dactylophorus Shelley, 1989	Sonoran talussnail
Haplocyclodesmus jeremiei Mauriès, 1980	Agave threeband
Hoffmanorhacus sahlii Jeekel, 1980
Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Proaspis sahlii Jeekel, 1980	Dusky stiliger

Subnodes of Chelodesmidea with occurrences in Leeward Islands

Family	Chelodesmidae ♰ Cook, 1895	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 1951	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Platyrhacidae ♰ Pocock, 1895	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869	1 1	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