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Taxonomy of Infraorder Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887


Class
 		Diplopoda
De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes		229
3586
29647		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Chilognatha
Latreille, 1802
198
3375
29198		Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 		Helminthomorpha
Pocock, 1887
178
3237
27397		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Merocheta
Cook, 1895
43
1588
11441		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Polydesmida
Pocock, 1887
Flat-backed Millipedes		43
1588
11441		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Polydesmidea
Leach, 1815
18
482
3410		Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 		Polydesmoides
Pocock, 1887
13
209
2534		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887
SuperfamilyHaplodesmoidea
Cook, 1895
1
16
138		Family
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyOpisotretoidea
Hoffman, 1980
1
8
35		Family
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyPolydesmoidea
Leach, 1815
10
171
2321		Families
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyTrichopolydesmoidea
Verhoeff, 1910
1
14
40		Family
Genera
Species


Distribution and Species lists of Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887
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Afghanistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAlbania
1 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesAlgeria
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesAngola
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesArgentina
3 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesArmenia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAustralia
3 Families  14 Genera  52 SpeciesAustria
3 Families  12 Genera  37 SpeciesBelarus
1 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesBelgium
4 Families  10 Genera  16 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families  5 Genera  23 SpeciesBotswana
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBrazil
4 Families  6 Genera  50 SpeciesBulgaria
1 Families  5 Genera  17 SpeciesCameroon
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCanada
2 Families  6 Genera  11 SpeciesCape Verde
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesChile
0 Families  0 Genera  0 SpeciesChina
3 Families  14 Genera  53 SpeciesColombia
2 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesComoros
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCosta Rica
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesCroatia
2 Families  11 Genera  64 SpeciesCuba
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCyprus
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCzech Republic
3 Families  9 Genera  18 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesDenmark
3 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesDominican Republic
1 Families  2 Genera  0 SpeciesEcuador
2 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesEstonia
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesFiji
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFinland
1 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesFrance
4 Families  19 Genera  63 SpeciesGabon
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGeorgia
1 Families  3 Genera  10 SpeciesGermany
4 Families  20 Genera  49 SpeciesGhana
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesGreece
1 Families  6 Genera  18 SpeciesGuatemala
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesHaiti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHungary
3 Families  8 Genera  20 SpeciesIceland
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesIndia
2 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesIndonesia
4 Families  17 Genera  38 SpeciesIran
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesIreland
2 Families  8 Genera  12 SpeciesIsrael
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesItaly
3 Families  22 Genera  107 SpeciesIvory Coast
2 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesJamaica
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesJapan
4 Families  12 Genera  46 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKenya
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesLaos
1 Family  1 Genus  5 SpeciesLatvia
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesLiberia
2 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesLuxembourg
2 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesMadagascar
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesMalaysia
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesMalta
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMauritius
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMexico
3 Families  11 Genera  39 SpeciesMonaco
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMontenegro
1 Families  7 Genera  29 SpeciesMorocco
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMozambique
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMyanmar
4 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesNepal
3 Families  6 Genera  18 SpeciesNetherlands
4 Families  12 Genera  23 SpeciesNew Zealand
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesNigeria
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesNorth Korea
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesNorway
2 Families  10 Genera  23 SpeciesPakistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPanama
4 Families  10 Genera  16 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
2 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesParaguay
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesPeru
2 Families  7 Genera  26 SpeciesPhilippines
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesPoland
3 Families  8 Genera  15 SpeciesPortugal
1 Families  5 Genera  18 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesRomania
1 Families  6 Genera  28 SpeciesRussia
1 Families  12 Genera  30 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSerbia
1 Families  6 Genera  32 SpeciesSeychelles
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesSlovakia
3 Families  7 Genera  12 SpeciesSlovenia
1 Families  5 Genera  37 SpeciesSomalia
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesSouth Korea
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesSpain
2 Families  11 Genera  31 SpeciesSri Lanka
3 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesSuriname
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesSweden
4 Families  14 Genera  21 SpeciesSwitzerland
2 Families  8 Genera  31 SpeciesSyria
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesTaiwan
3 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesTajikistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTanzania
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesThailand
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesTogo
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesTunisia
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesTurkey
1 Families  3 Genera  18 SpeciesUganda
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUkraine
2 Families  6 Genera  13 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
5 Families  17 Genera  27 SpeciesUSA
4 Families  27 Genera  114 SpeciesUzbekistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVanuatu
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVenezuela
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesVietnam
4 Families  7 Genera  13 SpeciesZimbabwe
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species


Distribution on islands
Azores
1 Families  4 Genera  10 SpeciesHebrides
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesInner Hebrides
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesIslands of Chile
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIslands of the Stagnone of Marsala
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMacaronesia
2 Families  5 Genera  16 SpeciesNorthern Isles
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesOrkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesOuter Hebrides
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUist
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species


Found in fossile formations
Much Wenlock Limestone Formation
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species