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List of millipede families

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Myriapoda

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

List of millipede families

Class
  
Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844

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, sorted alphabetically by order and taxonomically within order.

Contents

Note: The names of millipede orders end in "-ida"; suborders end in "-idea". Superfamilies end in "-oidea", while families end in "-idae".

Callipodida

Suborder Callipodidea

  • Callipodidae

    • Suborder Schizopetalidea

  • Abacionidae
  • Caspiopetalidae
  • Dorypetalidae
  • Paracortinidae
  • Schizopetalidae

    • Suborder Sinocallipodidea

  • Sinocallipodidae

    • Suborder Chordeumatidea

    Superfamily Chordeumatoidea

  • Chordeumatidae
  • Speophilosomatidae

    • Suborder Craspedosomatidea

    Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea

  • Anthroleucosomatidae
  • Haasiidae
  • Origmatogonidae
  • Vandeleumatidae

    • Superfamily Brannerioidea

  • Brachychaeteumatidae
  • Branneriidae
  • Chamaesomatidae
  • Golovatchiidae
  • Heterolatzeliidae
  • Kashmireumatidae
  • Macrochaeteumatidae
  • Niponiosomatidae
  • Tinguipidae
  • Trachygonidae

    • Superfamily Cleidogonoidea

  • Biokoviellidae
  • Cleidogonidae
  • Entomobielziidae
  • Lusitaniosomatidae
  • Opisthocheiridae
  • Trichopetalidae

    • Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea

  • Attemsiidae
  • Craspedosomatidae
  • Haplobainosomatidae

    • Superfamily Haaseoidea

  • Haaseidae

    • Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea

  • Altajellidae
  • Faginidae
  • Hoffmaneumatidae
  • Mastigophorophyllidae
  • Neoatractosomatidae

    • Superfamily Verhoeffioidea

  • Verhoeffiidae

    • Suborder Heterochordeumatidea

    Superfamily Conotyloidea

  • Adritylidae
  • Conotylidae

    • Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea

  • Diplomaragnidae

    • Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea

  • Eudigonidae
  • Heterochordeumatidae
  • Megalotylidae
  • Metopidiotrichidae
  • Peterjohnsiidae

    • Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea

  • Lankasomatidae
  • Pygmaeosomatidae

    • Suborder Striariidea

    Superfamily Caseyoidea

  • Caseyidae
  • Urochordeumatidae

    • Superfamily Striarioidea

  • Apterouridae
  • Buotidae
  • Rhiscosomididae
  • Striariidae

    • Glomerida

  • Glomeridae
  • Glomeridellidae
  • Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae)

    • Glomeridesmida

  • Glomeridesmidae
  • Termitodesmidae

    • Julida

    Superfamily Blaniuloidea

  • Blaniulidae
  • Galliobatidae
  • Okeanobatidae
  • Zosteractinidae

    • Superfamily Juloidea

  • Julidae
  • Rhopaloiulidae
  • Trichoblaniulidae
  • Trichonemasomatidae

    • Superfamily Nemasomatoidea

  • Chelojudiae
  • Nemasomatidae
  • Pseudonemasomatidae
  • Telsonemasomatidae

    • Superfamily Paeromopodoidea

  • Aprosphylosomatidae
  • Paeromopodidae

    • Superfamily Parajuloidea

  • Mongoliulidae
  • Parajulidae

    • Platydesmida

  • Andrognathidae
  • Platydesmidae

    • Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)

    Superfamily Chelodesmoidea

  • Chelodesmidae

    • Superfamily Platyrhacoidea

  • Aphelidesmidae
  • Platyrhacidae

    • Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea

  • Rhachodesmidae
  • Tridontomidae

    • Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea

  • Campodesmidae
  • Holistophallidae
  • Sphaeriodesmidae

    • Superfamily Xystodesmoidea

  • Eurymerodesmidae
  • Euryyuridae
  • Gomphodesmidae
  • Oxydesmidae
  • Xystodesmidae

    • Suborder Dalodesmidea

  • Dalodesmidae
  • Vaalogonopodidae

    • Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)

  • Paradoxosomatidae

    • Infraorder Oniscodesmoides

    Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea

  • Dorsoporidae
  • Oniscodesmidae

    • Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea

  • Ammodesmidae
  • Cyrtodesmidae
  • Pyrgodesmidae

    • Infraorder Polydesmoides

    Superfamily Haplodesmoidea

  • Haplodesmidae

    • Superfamily Opisotretoidea

  • Opisotretidae
  • Polydesmoidea
  • Cryptodesmidae
  • Polydesmidae

    • Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea

  • Fuhrmannodesmidae
  • Macrosternodesmidae
  • Nearctodesmidae

    • Polyxenida

    Superfamily Polyxenoidea

  • Hypogexenidae
  • Lophoproctidae
  • Polyxenidae

    • Superfamily Synxenoidea

  • Synxenidae

    • Polyzoniida

  • Hirudisomatidae
  • Polyzoniidae
  • Siphonotidae

    • Siphoniulida

  • Siphoniulidae

    • Siphonocryptida

  • Siphonocryptidae

    • Siphonophorida

  • Siphonophoridae
  • Siphonorhinidae

    • Sphaerotheriida

  • Arthrosphaeridae
  • Procyliosomatidae
  • Sphaerotheriidae
  • Zephroniidae

    • Suborder Spirobolidea

  • Allopocockiidae
  • Atopetholidae
  • Floridobolidae
  • Hoffmanobolidae
  • Messicobolidae
  • Pseudospirobolellidae
  • Rhinocricidae
  • Spirobolellidae
  • Spirobolidae
  • Typhlobolellidae

    • Suborder Trigoniulidea

  • Pachybolidae
  • Trigoniulidae

    • Suborder Cambalidea

  • Cambalidae
  • Cambalopsidae
  • Choctellidae
  • Iulomorphidae
  • Pseudonannolenidae

    • Suborder Spirostreptidea

    Superfamily Odontopygoidea

  • Atopogestidae
  • Odontopygidae

    • Superfamily Spirostreptoidea

  • Adiaphorostreptidae
  • Harpagophoridae
  • Spirostreptidae

    • Stemmiulida

  • Stemmiulidae

    • References

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