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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes
19
31
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
18
29
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
17
28
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Merocheta
Cook, 1895
8
13
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes
8
13
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polydesmidea
Leach, 1815
3
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Trinidad and Tobago
3 Families width 5 Species
Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Trinidad and Tobago
4 Genera with 5 Species
Aetheandra Loomis, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Botrydesmus Loomis, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Cyliocyrtus Cook, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Docodesmus Cook, 19182SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Trinidad and Tobago
5 Species
Aetheandra multiplex Loomis, 1934
Botrydesmus lutosus Loomis, 1934
Cyliocyrtus ocreatus Loomis, 1934
Docodesmus robustus Loomis, 1934
Docodesmus trinidadensis Chamberlin, 1918

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Trinidad and Tobago
InfraorderOniscodesmoides
Simonsen, 1990
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyrtodesmidae
Cook, 1896
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