Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for West Bengal (East India, India)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region West Bengal (East India, India)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	12 22 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	12 22 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	11 21 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	7 16 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	7 16 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	2 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for West Bengal
2 Families width 6 Species

Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896		0	Species	Taxom
Polydesmidae Leach, 1815	Flat Millipedes	6	Species	Taxom

Genera for West Bengal
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for West Bengal
6 Species

Eubrachydesmus superus (Latzel, 1884)	⇒ Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
Nomarchus denticulatus Koch, C. L., 1847
Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884	Bridge Creek chaparral
Polydesmus complanatus (Linnaeus, 1761)	⇒ Polydesmus monticola Latzel, 1884
Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, 1884	Bridge Creek chaparral
Pseudopolydesmus serratus Say, 1821	Common Pink Flat-Back Millipede

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in West Bengal

Infraorder	Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990	1 1 0	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887	1 4 6	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov