Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Galápagos Islands (Galápagos, Ecuador)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Galápagos Islands (Galápagos, Ecuador)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	8 11 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	7 10 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	7 10 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	5 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	5 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	3 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Galápagos Islands
3 Families width 5 Species

Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916	2	Species	Taxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895	2	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Galápagos Islands
5 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Galápagos Islands
5 Species

Agenodesmus nullus Shear & Peck, 1987
Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889
Hexadesmus latridens Shear & Peck, 1987
Nesodesmus insulanus Chamberlin, 1914
Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910	Millipede

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Galápagos Islands

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	1 2 2	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov