Species list, Checklist of Suborder Chelodesmidea for West Mexico (Mexico)

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Checklist for Suborder Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895
and region West Mexico (Mexico)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	18 22 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	18 22 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	17 21 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	8 10 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	8 10 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	4 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for West Mexico
4 Families width 6 Species

Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895	Xystodesmid Millipedes	3	Species	Taxom
Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Rhachodesmidae Carl, 1903		1	Species	Taxom
Holistophallidae Silvestri, 1909		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for West Mexico
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for West Mexico
6 Species

Melaphe castianeira Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Platyrhacus helophorus Attems, 1899
Rhysodesmus elestribus Chamberlin, 1943	Costate mountainsnail
Rhysodesmus eusculptus Chamberlin, 1941	Deep Slide mountainsnail
Tancitares michoacanus Chamberlin, 1942	Coalinga shoulderband
Zeuctodesmus ferrugineus Chamberlin, 1942	Coalinga shoulderband

Subnodes of Chelodesmidea with occurrences in West Mexico

Family	Holistophallidae Silvestri, 1909	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Platyrhacidae ♰ Pocock, 1895	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Rhachodesmidae Carl, 1903	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 Xystodesmid Millipedes	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Chelodesmidea at artfakta.se
Chelodesmidea at itis.gov