List of millipede families

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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[]

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

Suborder Callipodidea

Suborder Schizopetalidea

Suborder Sinocallipodidea

  • Sinocallipodidae

Chordeumatida[]

Suborder Chordeumatidea[]

Superfamily Chordeumatoidea

Suborder Craspedosomatidea[]

Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea

Superfamily Brannerioidea

Superfamily Cleidogonoidea

Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea

(Craspedosomatidae), Belgium

Superfamily Haaseoidea

Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea

Superfamily Verhoeffioidea

  • Verhoeffiidae

Suborder Heterochordeumatidea[]

Superfamily Conotyloidea

Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea

Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea

(Metopidiotrichidae), New Zealand)

Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea

Suborder Striariidea[]

Superfamily Caseyoidea

Superfamily Striarioidea

Glomerida[]

Glomeris klugii, (Glomeridae), Tunisia

Glomeridesmida[]

Julida[]

Superfamily Blaniuloidea

Superfamily Juloidea

Superfamily Nemasomatoidea

(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[]

(Ammodesmidae), West Africa
(Pyrgodesmidae), Australia

Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea

Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea

Infraorder Polydesmoides[]

Superfamily Haplodesmoidea

Superfamily Opisotretoidea

Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea

Polyxenida[]

Polyxenus lagurus (Polyxenidae)

Superfamily Polyxenoidea

Superfamily Synxenoidea

Polyzoniida[]

(Polyzoniidae), California

Siphoniulida[]

  • Siphoniulidae

Siphonocryptida[]

  • Siphonocryptidae

Siphonophorida[]

Illacme plenipes (Siphonorhinidae)

Sphaerotheriida[]

(Arthrosphaeridae), India

Spirobolida[]

Suborder Spirobolidea[]

Anadenobolus monilicornis (Rhinocricidae)

Suborder Trigoniulidea[]

Spirostreptida[]

Suborder Cambalidea[]

Suborder Spirostreptidea[]

(Spirostreptidae), Tanzania

Superfamily Odontopygoidea

Superfamily Spirostreptoidea

Stemmiulida[]

Stemmiulids from Puerto Rico

See also[]

Extinct millipede groups

References[]

  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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