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

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

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	56 417 1542	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	52 403 1514	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	48 398 1504	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	18 247 795	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	18 247 795	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	7 74 228	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for South America
7 Families width 228 Species

Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 1880		7	Species	Taxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896		12	Species	Taxom
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916		60	Species	Taxom
Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895		3	Species	Taxom
Oniscodesmidae DeSaussure, 1860		9	Species	Taxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	90	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896		47	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in South America

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 29 47	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	4 24 109	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896	5 12	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916	16 60	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov