Species list, Checklist of Family Xystodesmidae (Xystodesmid Millipedes) for Northwestern Illinois (Northern Illinois, Illinois, USA)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 (Xystodesmid Millipedes)
and region Northwestern Illinois (Northern Illinois, Illinois, USA)

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	18 36 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	16 34 41	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887	15 33 39	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Merocheta Cook, 1895	5 10 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Polydesmida Pocock, 1887 Flat-backed Millipedes	5 10 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895	3 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 Xystodesmid Millipedes	4 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Northwestern Illinois
4 Genera with 4 Species

Apheloria Chamberlin, 1770		2	Species	Taxom
Melaphe Cook, 1968		1	Species	Taxom
Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918	Twisted-Claw Millipedes	0	Species	Taxom
Pleuroloma Rafinesque, 1820		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Northwestern Illinois
4 Species

Apheloria tigana Chamberlin, 1939
Apheloria virginiensis Drury, 1770	Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede
Melaphe apamea Hoffman & Lo..., 1968
Pleuroloma flavipes Rafinesque, 1820	Barren milkvetch

Subnodes of Xystodesmidae with occurrences in Northwestern Illinois

Subfamily	Melaphinae Brolemann, 1916	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Xystodesminae Cook, 1895	2 1	Genera Species	Taxom
Tribe	Aphelorini Hoffman, 1980	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Xystodesmidae at gbif.org
Xystodesmidae at irmng.org
Xystodesmidae at itis.gov