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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
12
34
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
12
34
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
12
34
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
7
17
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
7
17
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polydesmidea
Leach, 1815
3
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sierra Leone
3 Families width 6 Species
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815Flat Millipedes1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sierra Leone
5 Genera with 6 Species
Pelodesmus Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Pterodesmus Cook, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Stegodesmus Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Tylodesmus Cook, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Villiersiellina Schubart, 19551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
6 Species
Pelodesmus fossor Cook, 1896
Pterodesmus brownelli Cook, 1896
Pterodesmus brownellii Cook, 1896
Stegodesmus leonis Cook, 1896
Tylodesmus studeri Carl, 1913
Villiersiellina tonkouia Schubart, 1955

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone
InfraorderOniscodesmoides
Simonsen, 1990
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPolydesmoides
Pocock, 1887
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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