Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Tunisia (North Africa)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Tunisia (North Africa)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	11 23 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	11 22 39	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	10 19 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	3 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	3 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	2 5 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Tunisia
2 Families width 5 Species

Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	4	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Tunisia
5 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Tunisia
5 Species

Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884	Flat brown millipede
Cookia novator Silvestri, 1896
Eubrachydesmus superus (Latzel, 1884)	⇒ Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
Heterocookia novator Silvestri, 1896
Rharodesmus tabarkensis Akkari & Eng..., 2012

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Tunisia

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	1 4 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov