Species list, Checklist of Suborder Polydesmidea for Windward Islands (Antilles)

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Checklist for Suborder Polydesmidea Leach, 1815
and region Windward Islands (Antilles)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	20 27 50	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	20 27 50	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	19 26 48	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	7 10 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	7 10 12	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polydesmidea Leach, 1815	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Windward Islands
2 Families width 3 Species

Cryptodesmidae (Karsch, 1880)		1	Species	Taxom
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Windward Islands
2 Genera with 3 Species

Cryptodesmus Peters, 1894		1	Species	Taxom
Docodesmus Cook, 1894		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Windward Islands
3 Species

Cryptodesmus vincentii (Pocock, 1894)	⇒ Docodesmus vincentii Pocock, 1894
Docodesmus grenadae Chamberlin, 1918	Redwood hesperian
Docodesmus vincentii Pocock, 1894	Nubbin threetooth

Subnodes of Polydesmidea with occurrences in Windward Islands

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

Links, sources and further information

Polydesmidea at artfakta.se
Polydesmidea at itis.gov