List of millipede families
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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Suborder Callipodidea
- Callipodidae
Suborder Schizopetalidea
- Abacionidae
- Caspiopetalidae
- Dorypetalidae
- Paracortinidae
- Schizopetalidae
Suborder Sinocallipodidea
- Sinocallipodidae
Chordeumatida
Suborder Chordeumatidea
Superfamily Chordeumatoidea
- Chordeumatidae
- Speophilosomatidae
Suborder Craspedosomatidea
Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea
- Anthroleucosomatidae
- Haasiidae
- Origmatogonidae
- Vandeleumatidae
Superfamily Brannerioidea
- Brachychaeteumatidae
- Branneriidae
- Chamaesomatidae
- Golovatchiidae
- Heterolatzeliidae
- Kashmireumatidae
- Macrochaeteumatidae
- Niponiosomatidae
- Tingupidae
- Trachygonidae
Superfamily Cleidogonoidea
Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Nanogona.polydesmoides.-.lindsey.jpg/220px-Nanogona.polydesmoides.-.lindsey.jpg)
Superfamily Haaseoidea
Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea
Superfamily Verhoeffioidea
Suborder Heterochordeumatidea
Superfamily Conotyloidea
Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea
Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea
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Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea
Suborder Striariidea
Superfamily Caseyoidea
Superfamily Striarioidea
Glomerida
Auth.: Leach, 1814; the "pill millipedes"
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Glomeris_klugii.png/220px-Glomeris_klugii.png)
- Glomeridae
- Glomeridellidae
- Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae) - monotypic Trachysphaera Heller, 1858
Glomeridesmida
Julida
Superfamily Blaniuloidea
Superfamily Juloidea
Superfamily Nemasomatoidea
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Superfamily Paeromopodoidea
Superfamily Parajuloidea
Platydesmida
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Platydesmid_millipede_Malaysia.jpg/220px-Platydesmid_millipede_Malaysia.jpg)
Polydesmida
Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)
Superfamily Chelodesmoidea
Superfamily Platyrhacoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Nyssodesmus_python.jpg/220px-Nyssodesmus_python.jpg)
Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea
Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea
- Campodesmidae
Tymbodesmus falcatus (Gomphodesmidae), Burkina Faso - Holistophallidae
- Sphaeriodesmidae
Superfamily Xystodesmoidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Harpaphe_haydeniana_004.jpg/220px-Harpaphe_haydeniana_004.jpg)
Suborder Dalodesmidea
Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)
Suborder Polydesmidea
Infraorder Oniscodesmoides
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ammodesmus_granum.jpeg/200px-Ammodesmus_granum.jpeg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Nephopyrgodesmus_eungella_male_paratype_ex_ANIC_64-000228.png/200px-Nephopyrgodesmus_eungella_male_paratype_ex_ANIC_64-000228.png)
Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea
Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea
Infraorder Polydesmoides
Superfamily Haplodesmoidea
Superfamily Opisotretoidea
Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea
Polyxenida
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Superfamily Polyxenoidea
Superfamily Synxenoidea
Polyzoniida
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Siphoniulida
Siphonocryptida
Siphonophorida
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Sphaerotheriida
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Arthrosphaera_thurstoni.png/220px-Arthrosphaera_thurstoni.png)
Spirobolida
Suborder Spirobolidea
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Bumblebee_Millipede_%28Anadenobolus_monilicornis%29_%288577627128%29.jpg/220px-Bumblebee_Millipede_%28Anadenobolus_monilicornis%29_%288577627128%29.jpg)
- Allopocockiidae
- Atopetholidae
- Floridobolidae
- Hoffmanobolidae
- Messicobolidae
- Pseudospirobolellidae
- Rhinocricidae
- Spirobolellidae
- Spirobolidae
- Typhlobolellidae
Suborder Trigoniulidea
Spirostreptida
Suborder Cambalidea
Suborder Spirostreptidea
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Superfamily Odontopygoidea
Superfamily Spirostreptoidea
Stemmiulida
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Puerto_Rico_Stemmiulids.png/220px-Puerto_Rico_Stemmiulids.png)
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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- Superphylum Ecdysozoa
- Phylum Arthropoda
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- List of families
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