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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

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

Suborder Callipodidea

Suborder Schizopetalidea

Suborder Sinocallipodidea

Chordeumatida

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Suborder Chordeumatidea

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Superfamily Chordeumatoidea

Suborder Craspedosomatidea

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Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea

Superfamily Brannerioidea

Superfamily Cleidogonoidea

Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea

 
Nanogona (Craspedosomatidae), Belgium

Superfamily Haaseoidea

Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea

Superfamily Verhoeffioidea

Suborder Heterochordeumatidea

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Superfamily Conotyloidea

Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea

Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea

 
Schedotrigona (Metopidiotrichidae), New Zealand)

Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea

Suborder Striariidea

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Superfamily Caseyoidea

Superfamily Striarioidea

Glomerida

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

 
Glomeris klugii, (Glomeridae), Tunisia

Glomeridesmida

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Julida

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Superfamily Blaniuloidea

Superfamily Juloidea

Superfamily Nemasomatoidea

 
Californiulus chamberlini (Paeromopodidae), California

Superfamily Paeromopodoidea

Superfamily Parajuloidea

Platydesmida

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Unidentified platydesmid from Malaysia

Polydesmida

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Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)

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Superfamily Chelodesmoidea

Superfamily Platyrhacoidea

 
Nyssodesmus python (Platyrhacidae), Costa Rica

Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea

Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea

Superfamily Xystodesmoidea

 
Harpaphe haydeniana (Xystodesmidae)

Suborder Dalodesmidea

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Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)

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Suborder Polydesmidea

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Infraorder Oniscodesmoides

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

Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea

Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea

Infraorder Polydesmoides

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Superfamily Haplodesmoidea

Superfamily Opisotretoidea

Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea

Polyxenida

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Polyxenus lagurus (Polyxenidae)

Superfamily Polyxenoidea

Superfamily Synxenoidea

Polyzoniida

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Octoglena sierra (Polyzoniidae), California

Siphoniulida

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Siphonocryptida

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Siphonophorida

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Illacme plenipes (Siphonorhinidae)

Sphaerotheriida

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Arthrosphaera thurstoni (Arthrosphaeridae), India

Spirobolida

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Suborder Spirobolidea

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Anadenobolus monilicornis (Rhinocricidae)

Suborder Trigoniulidea

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Spirostreptida

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Suborder Cambalidea

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Suborder Spirostreptidea

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Sagmatostreptus strongylopygus (Spirostreptidae), Tanzania

Superfamily Odontopygoidea

Superfamily Spirostreptoidea

Stemmiulida

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Stemmiulids from Puerto Rico

See also

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Extinct millipede groups

References

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  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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