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List of millipede families

Main article: Millipede classification

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.

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

Callipodida edit

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

Suborder Callipodidea

Suborder Schizopetalidea

Suborder Sinocallipodidea

Chordeumatida edit

Suborder Chordeumatidea edit

Superfamily Chordeumatoidea

Suborder Craspedosomatidea edit

Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea

Superfamily Brannerioidea

Superfamily Cleidogonoidea

Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea

 
Nanogona (Craspedosomatidae), Belgium

Superfamily Haaseoidea

Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea

Superfamily Verhoeffioidea

Suborder Heterochordeumatidea edit

Superfamily Conotyloidea

Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea

Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea

 
Schedotrigona (Metopidiotrichidae), New Zealand)

Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea

Suborder Striariidea edit

Superfamily Caseyoidea

Superfamily Striarioidea

Glomerida edit

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

 
Glomeris klugii, (Glomeridae), Tunisia

Glomeridesmida edit

Julida edit

Superfamily Blaniuloidea

Superfamily Juloidea

Superfamily Nemasomatoidea

 
Californiulus chamberlini (Paeromopodidae), California

Superfamily Paeromopodoidea

Superfamily Parajuloidea

Platydesmida edit

 
Unidentified platydesmid from Malaysia

Polydesmida edit

Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea) edit

Superfamily Chelodesmoidea

Superfamily Platyrhacoidea

 
Nyssodesmus python (Platyrhacidae), Costa Rica

Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea

Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea

Superfamily Xystodesmoidea

 
Harpaphe haydeniana (Xystodesmidae)

Suborder Dalodesmidea edit

Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea) edit

Suborder Polydesmidea edit

Infraorder Oniscodesmoides edit

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

Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea

Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea

Infraorder Polydesmoides edit

Superfamily Haplodesmoidea

Superfamily Opisotretoidea

Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea

Polyxenida edit

 
Polyxenus lagurus (Polyxenidae)

Superfamily Polyxenoidea

Superfamily Synxenoidea

Polyzoniida edit

 
Octoglena sierra (Polyzoniidae), California

Siphoniulida edit

Siphonocryptida edit

Siphonophorida edit

 
Illacme plenipes (Siphonorhinidae)

Sphaerotheriida edit

 
Arthrosphaera thurstoni (Arthrosphaeridae), India

Spirobolida edit

Suborder Spirobolidea edit

 
Anadenobolus monilicornis (Rhinocricidae)

Suborder Trigoniulidea edit

Spirostreptida edit

Suborder Cambalidea edit

Suborder Spirostreptidea edit

 
Sagmatostreptus strongylopygus (Spirostreptidae), Tanzania

Superfamily Odontopygoidea

Superfamily Spirostreptoidea

Stemmiulida edit

 
Stemmiulids from Puerto Rico

See also edit

Extinct millipede groups

References edit

  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. ^ Hoffman, Richard L. (1979). Classification of the Diplopoda. Geneva: Muséum d’Historie Naturelle. pp. 19–20. OCLC 7642190.
  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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