Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	22 48 61	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	21 46 59	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	19 44 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	4 11 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	4 11 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Mauritius
2 Families width 2 Species

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

Genera for Mauritius
2 Genera with 2 Species

Lemuriocryptus Verhoeff, 1939		1	Species	Taxom
Polydesmus Latreille, 1884	Flat Backed Millipedes	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Mauritius
2 Species

Lemuriocryptus montanus Verhoeff, 1939
Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884	Bridge Creek chaparral

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Mauritius

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 1 1	Family Genus 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