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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Europe (Eurasia)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		118
806
3363		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
109
775
3286		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
97
728
3005		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
23
213
615		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		23
213
615		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polydesmidea
Leach, 1815
9
78
382		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Europe
9 Families width 382 Species and 133 Subspecies
Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18958SpeciesTaxom
Macrosternodesmidae Brölemann, 191610SpeciesTaxom
Nearctodesmidae Chamberlin &..., 19502SpeciesTaxom
Oniscodesmidae DeSaussure, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes337SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 189617SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Europe
InfraorderOniscodesmoides
Simonsen, 1990
1
12
17		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom

InfraorderPolydesmoides
Pocock, 1887
5
60
359		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyCyrtodesmidae
Cook, 1896
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyFuhrmannodesmidae
Brölemann, 1916
3
3		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyNearctodesmidae
Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950
2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov