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Classification needs revision

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Since Polydesmida is the largest and probably most-studied group of millipedes, with a complicated taxonomy full of suborders, superfamilies, and tribes, I'd like to propose a Classification section be added to show all supra-famiial classification at once, rather than having to navigate through the various suborders individually. This would likely require editing the downstream taxon pages and taxoboxes for taxonomic concordance, so I want to put the word out before shaking things up too much. As far as I can tell, the most complete authoritative classification is currently that of Shear 2011, and I propose that be a the template used, unless more recent revisions are available. (The current sources for many families seem to be online checklists or other non-authoritative sources).

Here's a rough draft of the proposed composition- appropriate links would of course be added, and the authroity names& dates could probably be dropped in the interest of reducing clutter:

Suborder Leptodesmidea Brölemann, 1916

  • Superfamily Chelodesmoidea Cook, 1895
    • Family Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895
  • Superfamily Platyrhacoidea Pocock, 1895
    • Family Aphelidesmidae Brölemann, 1916
    • Family Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895
  • Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea Carl, 1903
    • Family Rhachodesmidae Carl, 1903
    • Family Tridontomidae Loomis & Hoffman, 1962
  • Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869
    • Family Campodesmidae Cook, 1896
    • Family Holistophallidae Silvestri, 1909
    • Family Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & DeSaussure, 1869
  • Superfamily Xystodesmoidea Cook, 1895
    • Family Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 1951
    • Family Euryuridae Pocock, 1909
    • Family Gomphodesmidae Cook, 1896
    • Family Oxydesmidae Cook, 1895
    • Family Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895

Suborder Dalodesmidea Hoffman, 1980

  • Family Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
  • Family Vaalogonopodidae Verhoeff, 1940

Suborder Strongylosomatidea Brölemann, 1916

  • Family Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889

Suborder Polydesmidea Pocock, 1887

  • Infraorder Oniscodesmoides Simonsen, 1990
    • Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea Simonsen, 1990
      • Family Dorsoporidae Loomis, 1958
      • Family Oniscodesmidae DeSaussure, 1860
    • Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea Silvestri, 1896
      • Family Ammodesmidae Cook, 1896
      • Family Cyrtodesmidae Cook, 1896
      • Family Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
  • Infraorder Polydesmoides Pocock, 1887
    • Superfamily Haplodesmoidea Cook, 1895
      • Family Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895
    • Superfamily Opisotretoidea Hoffman, 1980
      • Family Opisotretidae Hoffman, 1980
    • Superfamily Polydesmoidea Leach, 1815
      • Family Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 1880
      • Family Polydesmidae Leach, 181539
    • Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea Verhoeff 1910
      • Family Fuhrmannodesmidae Brölemann, 1916
      • Family Macrosternodesmidae Brölemann 1916
      • Family Nearctodesmidae Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958

Animalparty (talk) 05:28, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In principle, I agree, albeit with a few caveats. The fact that taxa have been proposed at subordinate ranks doesn't mean that we always have to include them all. I would also suggest that a template isn't the best method for doing this. Navbox templates are intended to guide readers around a series of (existing) articles; in this case, almost none of the downstream articles exist, making a template less appropriate. I think here, a straightforward list in the article will be more than enough. I also wonder how "Strongylosomatidea" can be the name for a suborder containing the single family Paradoxosomatidae; surely Paradoxosomatidea Daday, 1899 is the appropriate name in that instance (although the ICZN doesn't really apply above the family-group, of course). I would also resist the temptation to remove the authorities; with decent formatting, they actually improve the layout, and are important information from a taxonomic point of view. --Stemonitis (talk) 05:51, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Leptodesmidea Brölemann, 1916
Dalodesmidea Hoffman, 1980
Strongylosomatidea Brölemann, 1916
Polydesmidea Pocock, 1887
Thanks for your input, I like the look of that. As for the Strongylosomatidea/Paradoxosomatidea I can't offer any clarity right now. It may have been a mistake in Shear 2011, or there may be validity to it. Animalparty (talk) 08:32, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
As an update, regarding the Strongylosomatidea/Paradoxosomatidea usage: From a 2013 global checklist of Paradoxosomatidae: "Suprafamilial names are not governed by the priority rules of the ICZN. Various permutations have been used by various authors, such as: Strongylosomatidea Brölemann 1916, Paradoxosomatidea Hoffman, 1967 or Paradoxosomatidea Daday, 1889. Published catalogs may stabilize the nomenclature". So I guess it's an open issue. From the same source, it's also interesting to note that the nominal genus of the family, Paradoxosoma Daday, 1889, is no longer a valid name (apparently synonymized with Stosatea Gray, 1843), while Strongylosoma Brandt, 1833 is valid. --Animalparty-- (talk) 20:02, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]