Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Leeward Islands (Antilles)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Leeward Islands (Antilles)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	26 40 60	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	24 38 57	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	22 36 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	9 16 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	9 16 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	2 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Leeward Islands
2 Families width 6 Species

Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae (Silvestri, 1896)		5	Species	Taxom

Genera for Leeward Islands
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Leeward Islands
6 Species

Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889
Iomus thibaudi Mauriès, 1980	Agave threeband
Karukeromus delamarei Mauriès, 1980	Agave threeband
Poratia digitata Porat, 1889	Mottled seahare
Poratia granulofrons Chamberlin, 1918	Sierra shoulderband
Poratioides virginalis (Loomis, 1970)	⇒ Poratia digitata Porat, 1889

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Leeward Islands

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 4 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov