List of millipede families explained

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

• 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
• Tingupidae
• 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

Auth.: Leach, 1814; the "pill millipedes"

• Glomeridae
• Glomeridellidae
• Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae) - monotypic Trachysphaera

• Glomeridesmidae
• Termitodesmidae

Superfamily Blaniuloidea

• Blaniulidae
• Galliobatidae
• Okeanobatidae
• Zosteractinidae

Superfamily Juloidea

• Julidae
• Rhopaloiulidae
• Trichoblaniulidae
• Trichonemasomatidae

Superfamily Nemasomatoidea

• Chelojulidae
• Nemasomatidae
• Pseudonemasomatidae
• Telsonemasomatidae

Superfamily Paeromopodoidea

• Aprosphylosomatidae
• Paeromopodidae

Superfamily Parajuloidea

• Mongoliulidae
• Parajulidae

• Andrognathidae
• Platydesmidae

Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)

Superfamily Chelodesmoidea

• Chelodesmidae

Superfamily Platyrhacoidea

• Aphelidesmidae
• Platyrhacidae

Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea

• Rhachodesmidae
• Tridontomidae

Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea

• Campodesmidae
• Holistophallidae
• Sphaeriodesmidae

Superfamily Xystodesmoidea

• Eurymerodesmidae
• Euryuridae
• Gomphodesmidae
• Oxydesmidae
• Xystodesmidae

Suborder Dalodesmidea

• Dalodesmidae
• Vaalogonopodidae

Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)

• Paradoxosomatidae

Suborder Polydesmidea

Infraorder Oniscodesmoides

Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea

• Dorsoporidae
• Oniscodesmidae

Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea

• Ammodesmidae
• Cyrtodesmidae
• Pyrgodesmidae

Infraorder Polydesmoides

Superfamily Haplodesmoidea

• Haplodesmidae

Superfamily Opisotretoidea

• Opisotretidae
• Polydesmidae
• Cryptodesmidae
• Polydesmidae

Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea

• Fuhrmannodesmidae
• Macrosternodesmidae
• Nearctodesmidae

Polyxenida

Superfamily Polyxenoidea

• Hypogexenidae
• Lophoproctidae
• Polyxenidae

Superfamily Synxenoidea

• Synxenidae

• Hirudisomatidae
• Polyzoniidae
• Siphonotidae

• Siphoniulidae

• Siphonocryptidae

• Siphonophoridae
• Siphonorhinidae

• 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

• Stemmiulidae

See also

Extinct millipede groups

• Archipolypoda
• Arthropleuridea

Notes and References

1. Shear. W.. 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. Zootaxa. 2011. 3148. 159–164. Shear2011. 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.32.
2. Book: Hoffman, Richard L.. Richard L. Hoffman

   . Richard L. Hoffman. 1979. Classification of the Diplopoda. Muséum d’Historie Naturelle. Geneva. 19–20. 7642190.