Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Madeira Island (Madeira)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Madeira Island (Madeira)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	8 20 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	7 19 53	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	7 19 53	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	3 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	3 7 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	2 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Madeira Island
2 Families width 5 Species

Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	4	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Madeira Island
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Madeira Island
5 Species

Brachydesmus proximus Latzel, 1889
Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884	Flat brown millipede
Cynedesmus formicola Cook, 1896
Polydesmus coriaceus (Porat, 1871)	⇒ Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884
Propolydesmus laevidentatus Loksa, 1967

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Madeira Island

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	1 3 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov