Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Northern South America (South America)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Northern South America (South America)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	47 323 1164	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	45 316 1150	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	42 313 1144	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	17 201 640	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	17 201 640	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	7 63 205	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Northern South America
7 Families width 205 Species

Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 1880		2	Species	Taxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896		12	Species	Taxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916		56	Species	Taxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895		3	Species	Taxom
Oniscodesmidae DeSaussure, 1860		9	Species	Taxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	81	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896		42	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Northern South America

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 26 42	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	4 17 95	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896	5 12	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916	15 56	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov