Species list, Checklist of Suborder Chelodesmidea for South America (America)

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Checklist for Suborder Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895
and region South America (America)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	56 417 1542	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	52 403 1514	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	48 398 1504	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	18 247 795	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	18 247 795	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	7 118 333	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for South America
7 Families width 333 Species and 6 Subspecies

Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 1916		83	Species	Taxom
Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895		142	Species	Taxom
Euryuridae Pocock, 1909		4	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895		72	Species	Taxom
Rhachodesmidae Carl, 1903		9	Species	Taxom
Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De..., 1869		2	Species	Taxom
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895	Xystodesmid Millipedes	21	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Chelodesmidea with occurrences in South America

Family	Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 1916	14 83	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Chelodesmidae ♰ Cook, 1895	73 142	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Euryuridae Pocock, 1909	3 4	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Platyrhacidae ♰ Pocock, 1895	12 72	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Rhachodesmidae Carl, 1903	5 9	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869	3 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 Xystodesmid Millipedes	8 21	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Chelodesmidea at artfakta.se
Chelodesmidea at itis.gov