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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapodaDiplopoda

Order Polydesmida
Leach, 1815 · Flat-backed Millipedes

Species in this portal
51
Ecological class
26 troglobionts, 11 trogloxenes, 11 accidentals and 3 troglophiles
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
19 states and provinces
Counties
106
Karst regions
Edwards Plateau and Balcones, Guadalupe Mountains, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Conservation
6 of 25 ranked G1 or G2

Families

  • Chelodesmidae 2 in portal
  • Cyrtodesmidae 1 in portal
  • Euryuridae 3 in portal
  • Haplodesmidae 1 in portal
  • Macrosternodesmidae 19 in portal
  • Nearctodesmidae 1 in portal
  • Paradoxosomatidae 1 in portal
  • Polydesmidae 14 in portal
  • Xystodesmidae 9 in portal

Species in this portal

  • Alocodesmus angustatus
  • Apheloria corrugata KY
  • Apheloria montana G5 TN
  • Apheloria virginiensis Black-And-Gold Flat Millipede G5 KY
  • Brachydesmus superus Compact Flat-Backed Millipede PA, VA
  • Chaetaspis aleyorum Aley's Cave Milliped G1 MO
  • Chaetaspis attenuatus AR
  • Chaetaspis debilis TN
  • Chaetaspis fragilis GNR KY
  • Chaetaspis mollis G1 AL, TN
  • Cherokia georgiana G4 GA
  • Coloradesmus aquiliensis G1G2 CO
  • Coloradesmus beckleyi CO
  • Coloradesmus hopkinsae CO
  • Coloradesmus manitou CO
  • Coloradesmus warneri CO
  • Cylindrodesmus hirsutus
  • Cyrtodesmus archimedes
  • Ergodesmus remingtoni G3 IL
  • Euryurus erythropygos G3 IN
  • Euryurus evides AR
  • Euryurus leachii Log Lurker G4 AL, KY
  • Nevadesmus hubbsi GNR NV
  • Nevadesmus ophimontis NV
  • Nevadesmus superstitiona AZ
  • Oxidus gracilis Greenhouse Millipede G5 AL, FL, GA, KY, OK, PA, TN, VA
  • Pachydesmus crassicutis G5 AL
  • Packardesmus cavicola UT
  • Polydesmus inconstans European Sculpted Millipede G4 IL, PA
  • Pratherodesmus despaini CA
  • Pratherodesmus ecclesia AZ
  • Pratherodesmus voylesi AZ
  • Pseudopolydesmus erasus TN
  • Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum GNR AL, AR, GA, IL
  • Pseudopolydesmus serratus Common Pink Flat-Back G5 AL, IN, PA, TN
  • Rudiloria trimaculata G5 VA
  • Scytonotus australis TN
  • Scytonotus granulatus Granulated Millipede G5 AL, IN, KY, PA, TN
  • Semionellus placidus Salmon Cherry Millipede G3 IL
  • Sequoiadesmus krejcae CA
  • Sigmocheir calaveras CA
  • Sigmoria fumimontis TN
  • Speodesmus bicornourus G2G3 TX
  • Speodesmus castellanus TX
  • Speodesmus echinourus G2G3 TX
  • Speodesmus falcatus Sickled Cave Millipede GNR TX
  • Speodesmus ivyi Ivy's Cave Millipede GNR TX
  • Speodesmus reddelli Reddell's Cave Millipede GNR TX
  • Speorthus reyesi TX
  • Speorthus tuganbius G2G3 NM, TX
  • Trichomorpha capillata

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Other resources

GBIF
1247
ITIS
154416
iNaturalist
47734
NCBI Taxonomy
71419

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