Species list, Checklist of Suborder Chelodesmidea for Southern Africa (Africa)

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Checklist for Suborder Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895
and region Southern Africa (Africa)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	27 107 452	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	25 100 445	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	22 95 389	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	8 40 104	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	8 40 104	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Southern Africa
2 Families width 3 Species and 1 Subspecies

Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895	Xystodesmid Millipedes	2	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Southern Africa
3 Genera with 3 Species

Species list for Southern Africa
3 Species and 1 Subspecies

Deltotaria brimleii tela Causey, 1950
Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899

Subnodes of Chelodesmidea with occurrences in Southern Africa

Family	Platyrhacidae ♰ Pocock, 1895	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 Xystodesmid Millipedes	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Chelodesmidea at artfakta.se
Chelodesmidea at itis.gov