Species list, Checklist of Family Polydesmidae (Flat Millipedes) for Ecuador (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Family Polydesmidae Leach, 1815 (Flat Millipedes)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	28 59 79	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	27 58 78	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	26 57 77	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	11 34 39	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	11 34 39	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	5 7 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	2 4 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Polydesmoidea Leach, 1815	1 2 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Polydesmidae Leach, 1815 Flat Millipedes, Flat-backed millipedes	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Ecuador
2 Genera with 5 Species

Leptodesmus Saussure, 1897		4	Species	Taxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1847	Flat Backed Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ecuador
5 Species

Leptodesmus acutangulus
Leptodesmus gayanus (Gervais, 1847)	⇒ Polydesmus gayanus Gervais, 1847
Leptodesmus loyanus
Leptodesmus ortonedae (Silvestri, 1897)	⇒ Cordilleronomus ortonedae Silvestri, 1897
Polydesmus gayanus Gervais, 1847

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidae at artfakta.se
Polydesmidae at dyntaxa.se
Polydesmidae at gbif.org
Polydesmidae at irmng.org
Polydesmidae at itis.gov