List of millipede families

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Millipedes
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Coromus vittatus (Oxydesmidae)
Scientific classification
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Diplopoda

Diversity
16 living orders, c. 12,000 species

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

Suborder Chordeumatidea

Superfamily Chordeumatoidea

Suborder Craspedosomatidea

Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea

Superfamily Brannerioidea

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

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

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