Species list, Checklist of Suborder Chelodesmidea for Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)

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Checklist for Suborder Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895
and region Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	19 31 48	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	18 29 46	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	17 28 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	8 13 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	8 13 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	4 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Trinidad and Tobago
4 Families width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies

Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
7 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
8 Species and 1 Subspecies

Aphelidesmus divergens Chamberlin, 1918
Auturus louisianus phanus Chamberlin, 1942
Belonodesmus thaxteri Chamberlin, 1918
Lepturodesmus hardyi Shelley, 2002
Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Polylepiscus rorei Chamberlin, 1918
Polylepiscus roreri Chamberlin, 1918
Zigwadesmus brunneus Chamberlin, 1918

Subnodes of Chelodesmidea with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago

Family	Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 1916	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Chelodesmidae ♰ Cook, 1895	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Euryuridae Pocock, 1909	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