Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Jamaica (Greater Antilles)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Jamaica (Greater Antilles)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	17 31 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	17 31 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	16 30 71	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	7 15 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	7 15 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	3 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Jamaica
3 Families width 5 Species

Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916	1	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896	3	Species	Taxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Jamaica
5 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Jamaica
5 Species

Barathrodesmus inflatus Loomis, 1975
Berlesedesmus flagellipes Loomis, 1975	Northwest hesperian
Docodesmus coxalis Loomis, 1975	Northwest hesperian
Inodesmus jamaicensis Cook, 1896
Peckfiskia cavernicola Loomis, 1969	Pungent talussnail

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Jamaica

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 3 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov