Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Iceland (North Europe)

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

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	11 19 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	11 19 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	11 19 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	7 9 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	7 9 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	3 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Iceland
3 Families width 6 Species

Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	4	Species	Taxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Macrosternodesmidae Brölemann, 1916		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Iceland
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Iceland
6 Species

Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884	Flat brown millipede
Cyrtodesmus baerti Shear & Peck, 2018
Eubrachydesmus superus (Latzel, 1884)	⇒ Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
Ophiodesmus albonanus Latzel, 1895
Polydesmus coriaceus (Porat, 1871)	⇒ Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884
Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884	Bridge Creek chaparral

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Iceland

Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	2 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov