Species list, Checklist of Family Polydesmidae (Flat Millipedes) for West Central Brazil (Brazil)

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Checklist for Family Polydesmidae Leach, 1815 (Flat Millipedes)
and region West Central Brazil (Brazil)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	19 42 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	17 39 70	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	17 39 70	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	7 16 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	7 16 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	3 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Polydesmoidea Leach, 1815	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Polydesmidae Leach, 1815 Flat Millipedes, Flat-backed millipedes	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for West Central Brazil
2 Genera with 3 Species

Leptodesmus Saussure, 1952		1	Species	Taxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1943	Flat Backed Millipedes	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for West Central Brazil
3 Species

Leptodesmus piraputangus Chamberlin, 1952
Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884	Bridge Creek chaparral
Polydesmus chapultepecus (Chamberlin, 1943)	⇒ Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884

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