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Millipedes | |
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Coromus vittatus (Oxydesmidae) | |
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Class: | Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844
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Diversity | |
16 living orders, c. 12,000 species |
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.
Key:
Many millipede taxa are monotypic (e.g. a family containing a single genus, and/or a genus with a single species). Families with a single genus are indicated with . Families with a single genus and single species are notated with
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Notes: The names of millipede orders end in "-ida"; suborders end in "-idea". Superfamilies end in "-oidea", while families end in "-idae".
Callipodida[edit]
Suborder Callipodidea
Suborder Schizopetalidea
- Abacionidae
- Caspiopetalidae
Sinocallipus jaegeri (Sinocallipodidae), China - Dorypetalidae
- Paracortinidae
- Schizopetalidae
Suborder Sinocallipodidea
Chordeumatida[edit]
Suborder Chordeumatidea[edit]
Superfamily Chordeumatoidea
Suborder Craspedosomatidea[edit]
Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea
Superfamily Brannerioidea
- Brachychaeteumatidae
- Branneriidae
- Chamaesomatidae
- Golovatchiidae
- Heterolatzeliidae
- Kashmireumatidae
- Macrochaeteumatidae
- Microlympiidae
- Niponiosomatidae
- Tinguipidae
- Trachygonidae
Superfamily Cleidogonoidea
Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Nanogona.polydesmoides.-.lindsey.jpg/220px-Nanogona.polydesmoides.-.lindsey.jpg)
Superfamily Haaseoidea
Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea
Superfamily Verhoeffioidea
Suborder Heterochordeumatidea[edit]
Superfamily Conotyloidea
Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea
Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Schedotrigona.jpg/220px-Schedotrigona.jpg)
Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea
Suborder Striariidea[edit]
Superfamily Caseyoidea
Superfamily Striarioidea
Glomerida[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Glomeris_klugii.png/220px-Glomeris_klugii.png)
- Glomeridae
- Glomeridellidae
- Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae)
Glomeridesmida[edit]
Julida[edit]
Superfamily Blaniuloidea
Superfamily Juloidea
Superfamily Nemasomatoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Californiulus_chamberlini_%28Julida%29_%283325112158%29.jpg/220px-Californiulus_chamberlini_%28Julida%29_%283325112158%29.jpg)
Superfamily Paeromopodoidea
Superfamily Parajuloidea
Platydesmida[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Platydesmid_millipede_Malaysia.jpg/220px-Platydesmid_millipede_Malaysia.jpg)
Polydesmida[edit]
Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)[edit]
Superfamily Chelodesmoidea
Superfamily Platyrhacoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Nyssodesmus_python.jpg/220px-Nyssodesmus_python.jpg)
Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea
Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea
Superfamily Xystodesmoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Harpaphe_haydeniana_004.jpg/220px-Harpaphe_haydeniana_004.jpg)
Suborder Dalodesmidea[edit]
Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)[edit]
Suborder Polydesmidea[edit]
Infraorder Oniscodesmoides[edit]
Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea
Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ammodesmus_granum.jpeg/220px-Ammodesmus_granum.jpeg)
Infraorder Polydesmoides[edit]
Superfamily Haplodesmoidea
Superfamily Opisotretoidea
Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea
Polyxenida[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/The_strangest_millipede_ever_..._%288053641856%29.jpg/220px-The_strangest_millipede_ever_..._%288053641856%29.jpg)
Superfamily Polyxenoidea
Superfamily Synxenoidea
Polyzoniida[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Octoglena_sierra_%28Family_Polyzoniidae%29_%283405605943%29.jpg/220px-Octoglena_sierra_%28Family_Polyzoniidae%29_%283405605943%29.jpg)
Siphoniulida[edit]
Siphonocryptida[edit]
Siphonophorida[edit]
Sphaerotheriida[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Arthrosphaera_thurstoni.png/220px-Arthrosphaera_thurstoni.png)
Spirobolida[edit]
Suborder Spirobolidea[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Bumblebee_Millipede_%28Anadenobolus_monilicornis%29_%288577627128%29.jpg/220px-Bumblebee_Millipede_%28Anadenobolus_monilicornis%29_%288577627128%29.jpg)
- Allopocockiidae
- Atopetholidae
- Floridobolidae
- Hoffmanobolidae
- Messicobolidae
- Pseudospirobolellidae
- Rhinocricidae
- Spirobolellidae
- Spirobolidae
- Typhlobolellidae
Suborder Trigoniulidea[edit]
Spirostreptida[edit]
Suborder Cambalidea[edit]
Suborder Spirostreptidea[edit]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Sagmatostreptus_strongylopygus_Tanzania.jpg/220px-Sagmatostreptus_strongylopygus_Tanzania.jpg)
Superfamily Odontopygoidea
Superfamily Spirostreptoidea
Stemmiulida[edit]
See also[edit]
Extinct millipede groups
References[edit]
Category:Millipedes| ]] Category:Lists of arthropods]] Category:Taxonomic lists (families)]]