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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Panama Canal Zone (Panama)


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		21
37
53		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
21
37
53		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
20
36
52		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
11
23
31		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		11
23
31		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Polydesmidea
Leach, 1815
6
14
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Panama Canal Zone
6 Families width 20 Species
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 189613SpeciesTaxom
Dorsoporidae Loomis, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Oniscodesmidae (DeSaussure, 1860)1SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmidae (Cook, 1896)1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Panama Canal Zone
14 Genera with 20 Species
Botrydesmus Loomis, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Calymmodesmus Carl, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Cynedesmus Cook, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Docodesmiella Loomis, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Dorsoporus Loomis, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Enantiogonus Loomis, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Hypsiloporus Loomis, 02SpeciesTaxom
Lignydesmus Cook, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Oncodesmoides Kraus, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Poratia Cook & Cook, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Prionodesmus Loomis, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Prosopodesmus Silvestri, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Rettenmeyeria Loomis, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Tracheloaspis Loomis, 19611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Panama Canal Zone
20 Species
Botrydesmus biramosus Loomis, 1964
Botrydesmus coronatus (Loomis, 1961)⇒ Botrydesmus fulgens Loomis, 1959
Calymmodesmus falcatus Loomis, 1959
Calymmodesmus formicatus Loomis, 1959
Calymmodesmus gracilis Loomis, 1959
Calymmodesmus rettenmeyeri Loomis, 1959
Cynedesmus fulgens
Cynedesmus trinus (Loomis, 1959)⇒ Augesmus trinus Loomis, 1959
Docodesmiella insularis Loomis, 1961Shasta hesperian
Dorsoporus barroensis Loomis, 1958Walking seahare
Enantiogonus fragilis Loomis, 1961Shasta hesperian
Hypsiloporus proclivis Loomis, 1961Shasta hesperian
Hypsiloporus proclivus
Lignydesmus sculptilis (Loomis, 1961)⇒ Panamadesmus sculptilis Loomis, 1961
Oncodesmoides angulatus (Loomis, 1961)⇒ Cyrtodesmus archimedes Chamberlin, 1940
Poratia digitata Porat, 1889Mottled seahare
Prionodesmus fulgens (Loomis, 1959)⇒ Botrydesmus fulgens Loomis, 1959
Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910Millipede
Rettenmeyeria parvipes Loomis, 1959
Tracheloaspis tumida Loomis, 1961Shasta hesperian

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Panama Canal Zone
InfraorderOniscodesmoides
Simonsen, 1990
1
8
13		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom

InfraorderPolydesmoides
Pocock, 1887
2
3
4		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyCyrtodesmidae
Cook, 1896
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyDorsoporidae
Loomis, 1958
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyFuhrmannodesmidae
Brölemann, 1916
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov