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]
Suborder Callipodidea
Suborder Schizopetalidea
Suborder Sinocallipodidea
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
Auth.: Leach, 1814; the "pill millipedes"
- Glomeridae
- Glomeridellidae
- Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae) - monotypic Trachysphaera Heller, 1858
Superfamily Blaniuloidea
Superfamily Juloidea
Superfamily Nemasomatoidea
Superfamily Paeromopodoidea
Superfamily Parajuloidea
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
Superfamily Polyxenoidea
Superfamily Synxenoidea
Suborder Spirobolidea
- Allopocockiidae
- Atopetholidae
- Floridobolidae
- Hoffmanobolidae
- Messicobolidae
- Pseudospirobolellidae
- Rhinocricidae
- Spirobolellidae
- Spirobolidae
- Typhlobolellidae
Suborder Trigoniulidea
Suborder Cambalidea
Suborder Spirostreptidea
Superfamily Odontopygoidea
Superfamily Spirostreptoidea
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.
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