List_of_millipede_families

List of millipede families

List of millipede families

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Millipedes, myriapods of the class Diplopoda, contain approximately 12,000 described species organized into 16 extant orders and approximately 140 families. This list is based on Shear, 2011,[1] sorted alphabetically by order and taxonomically within order.

Main article: Millipede classification

Note: The names of millipede orders end in "-ida"; suborders end in "-idea". Superfamilies end in "-oidea", while families end in "-idae".[2]

Callipodida

Eurygyrus ochraceus, (Schizopetalidae) a species native to Turkey, introduced in Ukraine[3]

Suborder Callipodidea

Suborder Schizopetalidea

Suborder Sinocallipodidea

Chordeumatida

Suborder Chordeumatidea

Superfamily Chordeumatoidea

Suborder Craspedosomatidea

Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea

Superfamily Brannerioidea

Superfamily Cleidogonoidea

Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea

Nanogona (Craspedosomatidae), Belgium

Superfamily Haaseoidea

Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea

Superfamily Verhoeffioidea

Suborder Heterochordeumatidea

Superfamily Conotyloidea

Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea

Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea

Schedotrigona (Metopidiotrichidae), New Zealand)

Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea

Suborder Striariidea

Superfamily Caseyoidea

Superfamily Striarioidea

Glomerida

Auth.: Leach, 1814; the "pill millipedes"

Glomeris klugii, (Glomeridae), Tunisia

Glomeridesmida

Julida

Superfamily Blaniuloidea

Superfamily Juloidea

Superfamily Nemasomatoidea

Californiulus chamberlini (Paeromopodidae), California

Superfamily Paeromopodoidea

Superfamily Parajuloidea

Platydesmida

Unidentified platydesmid from Malaysia

Polydesmida

Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)

Superfamily Chelodesmoidea

Superfamily Platyrhacoidea

Nyssodesmus python (Platyrhacidae), Costa Rica

Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea

Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea

Superfamily Xystodesmoidea

Harpaphe haydeniana (Xystodesmidae)

Suborder Dalodesmidea

Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)

Suborder Polydesmidea

Infraorder Oniscodesmoides

Ammodesmus granum (Ammodesmidae), West Africa
Nephopyrgodesmus eungella (Pyrgodesmidae), Australia

Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea

Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea

Infraorder Polydesmoides

Superfamily Haplodesmoidea

Superfamily Opisotretoidea

Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea

Polyxenida

Polyxenus lagurus (Polyxenidae)

Superfamily Polyxenoidea

Superfamily Synxenoidea

Polyzoniida

Octoglena sierra (Polyzoniidae), California

Siphoniulida

Siphonocryptida

Siphonophorida

Illacme plenipes (Siphonorhinidae)

Sphaerotheriida

Arthrosphaera thurstoni (Arthrosphaeridae), India

Spirobolida

Suborder Spirobolidea

Anadenobolus monilicornis (Rhinocricidae)

Suborder Trigoniulidea

Spirostreptida

Suborder Cambalidea

Suborder Spirostreptidea

Sagmatostreptus strongylopygus (Spirostreptidae), Tanzania

Superfamily Odontopygoidea

Superfamily Spirostreptoidea

Stemmiulida

Stemmiulids from Puerto Rico

See also

Extinct millipede groups

References

  1. [1]
    Shear, W. (2011). "Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 159–164. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.32.
  2. [2]
    Hoffman, Richard L. (1979). Classification of the Diplopoda. Geneva: Muséum d’Historie Naturelle. pp. 19–20. OCLC 7642190.
  3. [3]
    Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio; Golovatch, Sergei; Enghoff, Henrik; Akkari, Nesrine; Barber, Anthony (6 July 2010). "Myriapods (Myriapoda). Chapter 7.2". BioRisk. 4: 97–130. doi:10.3897/biorisk.4.51.
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