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
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
- Tinguipidae
- Trachygonidae
Superfamily Cleidogonoidea
- Biokoviellidae
- Cleidogonidae
- Entomobielziidae
- Lusitaniosomatidae
- Opisthocheiridae
- Trichopetalidae
Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea
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- Attemsiidae
- Craspedosomatidae
- Haplobainosomatidae
Superfamily Haaseoidea
- Haaseidae
Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea
- Altajellidae
- Faginidae
- Hoffmaneumatidae
- Mastigophorophyllidae
- Neoatractosomatidae
Superfamily Verhoeffioidea
Suborder Heterochordeumatidea
Superfamily Conotyloidea
- Adritylidae
- Conotylidae
Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea
- Diplomaragnidae
Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea
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- Eudigonidae
- Heterochordeumatidae
- Megalotylidae
- Metopidiotrichidae
- Peterjohnsiidae
Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea
- Lankasomatidae
- Pygmaeosomatidae
Suborder Striariidea
Superfamily Caseyoidea
Superfamily Striarioidea
- Apterouridae
- Buotidae
- Rhiscosomididae
- Striariidae
Glomerida
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- Glomeridae
- Glomeridellidae
- Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae)
Glomeridesmida
- Glomeridesmidae
- Termitodesmidae
Julida
Superfamily Blaniuloidea
- Blaniulidae
- GalliobatidaeOmmatoiulus sabulosus (Julidae)
- Okeanobatidae
- Zosteractinidae
Superfamily Juloidea
- Julidae
- Rhopaloiulidae
- Trichoblaniulidae
- Trichonemasomatidae
Superfamily Nemasomatoidea
- Chelojudiae
- Nemasomatidae
- Pseudonemasomatidae
- Telsonemasomatidae
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Superfamily Paeromopodoidea
Superfamily Parajuloidea
- Mongoliulidae
- Parajulidae
Polydesmida
Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)
Superfamily Chelodesmoidea
Superfamily Platyrhacoidea
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Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea
Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea
- Campodesmidae
- Holistophallidae
- Sphaeriodesmidae
Superfamily Xystodesmoidea
- Eurymerodesmidae
- Euryuridae
- Gomphodesmidae
- Oxydesmidae
- Xystodesmidae
Suborder Dalodesmidea
- Dalodesmidae
- Vaalogonopodidae
Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)
Suborder Polydesmidea
Infraorder Oniscodesmoides
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Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea
- Dorsoporidae
- Oniscodesmidae
Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea
Infraorder Polydesmoides
Superfamily Haplodesmoidea
Superfamily Opisotretoidea
- Opisotretidae
- Polydesmoidea
- Cryptodesmidae
- Polydesmidae
Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea
Polyxenida
Superfamily Polyxenoidea
- Hypogexenidae
- Lophoproctidae
- Polyxenidae
Superfamily Synxenoidea
Sphaerotheriida
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Spirobolida
Suborder Spirobolidea
- Allopocockiidae
- Atopetholidae
- Floridobolidae
- Hoffmanobolidae
- Messicobolidae
- Pseudospirobolellidae
- Rhinocricidae
- Spirobolellidae
- Spirobolidae
- Typhlobolellidae
Suborder Trigoniulidea
Spirostreptida
Suborder Cambalidea
- Cambalidae
- Cambalopsidae
- Choctellidae
- Iulomorphidae
- Pseudonannolenidae
Suborder Spirostreptidea
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Superfamily Odontopygoidea
- Atopogestidae
- Odontopygidae
Superfamily Spirostreptoidea
- Adiaphorostreptidae
- Harpagophoridae
- Spirostreptidae
Stemmiulida
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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 – Biodiversity and Ecosystem Risk Assessment. 4: 97–130. doi:10.3897/biorisk.4.51.