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
Suborder Callipodidea
Suborder Schizopetalidea
Suborder Sinocallipodidea
Chordeumatida
Suborder Chordeumatidea
Superfamily Chordeumatoidea
Suborder Craspedosomatidea
Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea
Superfamily Brannerioidea
- Brachychaeteumatidae
- Branneriidae
- Chamaesomatidae
- Golovatchiidae
- Heterolatzeliidae
- Kashmireumatidae
- Macrochaeteumatidae
- Niponiosomatidae
- Tingupidae
- Trachygonidae
Superfamily Cleidogonoidea
Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea
Superfamily Haaseoidea
Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea
Superfamily Verhoeffioidea
Suborder Heterochordeumatidea
Superfamily Conotyloidea
Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea
Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea
Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea
Suborder Striariidea
Superfamily Caseyoidea
Superfamily Striarioidea
Glomerida
- Glomeridae
- Glomeridellidae
- Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae)
Glomeridesmida
Julida
Superfamily Blaniuloidea
Superfamily Juloidea
Superfamily Nemasomatoidea
Superfamily Paeromopodoidea
Superfamily Parajuloidea
Platydesmida
Polydesmida
Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)
Superfamily Chelodesmoidea
Superfamily Platyrhacoidea
Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea
Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea
Superfamily Xystodesmoidea
Suborder Dalodesmidea
Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)
Suborder Polydesmidea
Infraorder Oniscodesmoides
Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea
Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea
Infraorder Polydesmoides
Superfamily Haplodesmoidea
Superfamily Opisotretoidea
Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea
Polyxenida
Superfamily Polyxenoidea
Superfamily Synxenoidea
Polyzoniida
Siphoniulida
Siphonocryptida
Siphonophorida
Sphaerotheriida
Spirobolida
Suborder Spirobolidea
Suborder Trigoniulidea
Spirostreptida
Suborder Cambalidea
Suborder Spirostreptidea
Superfamily Odontopygoidea
Superfamily Spirostreptoidea
Stemmiulida
See also
Extinct millipede groups
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hoffman, Richard L. (1979). Classification of the Diplopoda. Geneva: Muséum d’Historie Naturelle. pp. 19–20. OCLC 7642190.
- ↑ 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.