Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Tanzania (East Africa)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Tanzania (East Africa)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	18 117 303	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	18 117 303	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	17 116 302	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	9 56 143	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	9 56 143	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Tanzania
2 Families width 4 Species

Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	3	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Tanzania
3 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Tanzania
4 Species

Orodesmus camelus Cook, 1896
Orodesmus ellipticus Cook, 1896
Polydesmus stiphropus Attems, 1927
Termitopteryx lohmanderi Verhoeff, 1941

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Tanzania

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov