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- Myriapoda (13 583)
- Class Chilopoda (6)
- Class Diplopoda (12 940)
- Subclass Chilognatha (12 779)
- Infraclass Helminthomorpha (11 992)
- Subterclass Colobognatha (298)
- Subterclass Eugnatha (11 693)
- Superorder Juliformia (4 368)
- Superorder Merocheta (5 647)
- Order Polydesmida (5 647)
- Suborder Dalodesmidea (378)
- Suborder Leptodesmidea (2 279)
- Suborder Paradoxosomatidea accepted as Strongylosomatidea
- Suborder Polydesmidea (1 605)
- Infraorder Oniscodesmoides (487)
- Infraorder Polydesmoides (1 075)
- Superfamily Haplodesmoidea Cook, 1895 (107)
- Superfamily Opisostretoidea Hoffman, 1980
- Superfamily Polydesmoidea Leach, 1815 (662)
- Family Cryptodesmidae Karsch, 1880 (153)
- Family Polydesmidae Leach, 1815 (509)
- Subfamily Cottodesminae Verhoeff, 1936
- Subfamily Eneilisominae Verhoeff, 1939
- Genus Absurdodesmus Mršić, 1988
- Genus Acanthotarsius Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Polydesmus (Acanthotarsius) Attems, 1940
- Genus Alpertia Loomis, 1972 accepted as Polydesmus Latreille, 1802
- Genus Aneumeritius Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Polydesmus (Acanthotarsius) Attems, 1940
- Genus Antrochodus Verhoeff, 1941 (1)
- Genus Apomeritius Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Polydesmus (Acanthotarsius) Attems, 1940
- Genus Archipolydesmus Attems, 1898 (13)
- Genus Basicentrus Attems, 1940
- Genus Benedictesmus Shear & Marek, 2021 (4)
- Genus Bhutanodesmus Golovatch, 1988 (1)
- Genus Bidentogon Buckett & Gardner, 1968 (4)
- Genus Bosniodesmus Verhoeff, 1929
- Genus Bosporodesmus Verhoeff, 1940
- Genus Brachydesmus Heller, 1858 (82)
- Species Brachydesmus absoloni Attems, 1951 accepted as Troglobrachydesmus absoloni (Attems, 1951)
- Species Brachydesmus absoloni Lang, 1935
- Species Brachydesmus amblyotropis Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus apfelbecki Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus apfelbeckii Verhoeff, 1897 accepted as Brachydesmus apfelbecki Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus apuanus Verhoeff, 1907 accepted as Brachydesmus verhoeffi apuanus Verhoeff, 1907
- Species Brachydesmus armatus Strasser, 1933 accepted as Brachydesmus herzegowinensis Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus assimilis Lohmander, 1936
- Species Brachydesmus attemsi Verhoeff, 1895 accepted as Brachydesmus attemsii Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus attemsii Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus attenuatus Strasser, 1942
- Species Brachydesmus avalae Curcic & Makarov, 1997
- Species Brachydesmus bebekensis Verhoeff, 1941
- Species Brachydesmus bidentatus Golovatch, 1976 accepted as Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1914
- Species Brachydesmus bituberculatus Loomis, 1960 accepted as Calianotus bituberculatus (Loomis, 1960)
- Species Brachydesmus bosniensis Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus broelemanni Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus calcarius Kovacevic, 1928
- Species Brachydesmus californicus Chamberlin, 1918 accepted as Bidentogon californicus (Chamberlin, 1918)
- Species Brachydesmus camerani Silvestri, 1896
- Species Brachydesmus cameranii Silvestri, 1896 accepted as Brachydesmus camerani Silvestri, 1896
- Species Brachydesmus carniolensis Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus cernagoranus Attems, 1911
- Species Brachydesmus chyzeri Daday, 1889
- Species Brachydesmus concavus Attems, 1898 accepted as Brachydesmus inferus concavus Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus cornuatus Attems, 1903
- Species Brachydesmus cristofer Strasser, 1966
- Species Brachydesmus croaticus Strasser, 1942
- Species Brachydesmus dadayi Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus dadayii Verhoeff, 1895 accepted as Brachydesmus dadayi Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus dalmaticus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus dimnicenus Attems, 1908 accepted as Brachydesmus inferus concavus Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus doboiensis Verhoeff, 1901
- Species Brachydesmus dolinensis Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus dorsolucidus Strasser, 1940
- Species Brachydesmus dux Chamberlin, 1940 accepted as Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus exiguus Brölemann, 1894
- Species Brachydesmus fallax Attems, 1927 accepted as Brachydesmus proximus Latzel, 1889
- Species Brachydesmus femoralis Makarov, 2008
- Species Brachydesmus ferrugineus Lohmander, 1936 accepted as Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1914
- Species Brachydesmus filiformis Latzel, 1884 accepted as Bacillidesmus filiformis (Latzel, 1884)
- Species Brachydesmus frangipanus Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus frondicola Verhoeff, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus furcatus Lohmander, 1936
- Species Brachydesmus glabrimarginalis Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus gladiolus Williams & Hefner, 1928 accepted as Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus gradjensis Jawlowski, 1933 accepted as Polydesmus gradjensis (Jawlowski, 1933)
- Species Brachydesmus granulosus Makarov, 2003
- Species Brachydesmus hastatus Strasser, 1966
- Species Brachydesmus hastingsus Chamberlin, 1941 accepted as Phreatodesmus hastingsus (Chamberlin, 1941)
- Species Brachydesmus henriensis Chamberlin, 1930 accepted as Utadesmus henriensis (Chamberlin, 1930)
- Species Brachydesmus henrikenghoffi Mršić, 1994
- Species Brachydesmus hercegovinensis Verhoeff, 1897 accepted as Brachydesmus herzegowinensis herzegowinensis Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus hercegowinensis Verhoeff, 1897 accepted as Brachydesmus herzegowinensis Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus herzegowinensis Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus herzogowinensis Verhoeff, 1897 accepted as Brachydesmus herzegowinensis Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus histricus Strasser, 1942
- Species Brachydesmus hungaricus Daday, 1889 accepted as Brachydesmus attemsii Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus hungaricus Daday, 1889 sensu Verhoeff, 1895 accepted as Brachydesmus attemsii Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus incisus Strasser, 1966
- Species Brachydesmus inferus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus insculptus Pocock, 1892 accepted as Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus institor Attems, 1927
- Species Brachydesmus istanbulensis Verhoeff, 1940
- Species Brachydesmus jalzici (Mršić, 1988)
- Species Brachydesmus jeanelli Ceuca, 1958 accepted as Brachydesmus jeanneli Ceuca, 1958
- Species Brachydesmus jeanneli Ceuca, 1958
- Species Brachydesmus jubatus Attems, 1907
- Species Brachydesmus jugoslavicus Jawlowski, 1933 accepted as Polydesmus jugoslavicus (Jawlowski, 1933)
- Species Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1914
- Species Brachydesmus karawajewi Lohmander, 1928 accepted as Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1914
- Species Brachydesmus kvavadzei Golovatch, Evsyukov & Reip, 2016
- Species Brachydesmus langhofferi Verhoeff, 1929
- Species Brachydesmus lapadensis Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus lapidivagus Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus latzeli Silvestri, 1894 accepted as Brachydesmus proximus Latzel, 1889
- Species Brachydesmus latzelii Silvestri, 1894 accepted as Brachydesmus proximus Latzel, 1889
- Species Brachydesmus liboensis Mršić, 1988
- Species Brachydesmus likanus Strasser, 1962
- Species Brachydesmus ljubetensis Attems, 1911
- Species Brachydesmus ljubotensis Attems, 1912 accepted as Brachydesmus ljubetensis Attems, 1911
- Species Brachydesmus lobifer Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus macedonicus Mršić, 1988
- Species Brachydesmus magnus Strasser, 1971
- Species Brachydesmus margaritatus Brölemann, 1894
- Species Brachydesmus mitis Berlese, 1891
- Species Brachydesmus mosellanus Verhoeff, 1891 accepted as Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus mulaomerovici Makarov, Ćurčić & Antić, 2013
- Species Brachydesmus nemilanus Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus nevoi Golovatch & Wytwer, 2007
- Species Brachydesmus novaki (Mršić, 1988)
- Species Brachydesmus pallidus Loomis, 1939 accepted as Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus pancici Makarov & Curcic, 2004
- Species Brachydesmus parallelus Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus peninsulae Attems, 1899 accepted as Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus pereliae Golovatch, 1976 accepted as Brachydesmus pigmentatus Attems, 1951
- Species Brachydesmus perfidus Attems, 1927
- Species Brachydesmus peristerensis Verhoeff, 1932
- Species Brachydesmus pigmentatus Attems, 1951
- Species Brachydesmus polydesmoides Verhoeff, 1895
- Species Brachydesmus proximus Latzel, 1889
- Species Brachydesmus radewi Verhoeff, 1926
- Species Brachydesmus reversus Brölemann, 1894
- Species Brachydesmus silvanus Brölemann, 1894
- Species Brachydesmus simplex Golovatch, Evsyukov & Reip, 2016
- Species Brachydesmus sjenicae Makarov & Antić, 2013
- Species Brachydesmus spalatensis Makarov, Lucić, Mitic & Radja, 2003
- Species Brachydesmus spinosus Attems, 1903
- Species Brachydesmus splitensis Verhoeff, 1929
- Species Brachydesmus strasseri Verhoeff, 1928 accepted as Schizobrachydesmus strasseri (Verhoeff, 1928)
- Species Brachydesmus sturanensis Verhoeff, 1930 accepted as Brachydesmus silvanus Brölemann, 1894
- Species Brachydesmus stygivagus Verhoeff, 1899
- Species Brachydesmus styricus Verhoeff, 1899 accepted as Brachydesmus amblyotropis Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus subterraneus Heller, 1858
- Species Brachydesmus superus Latzel, 1884
- Species Brachydesmus talyschanus Lohmander, 1936 accepted as Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1914
- Species Brachydesmus tetevensis Strasser, 1973
- Species Brachydesmus tomopus Attems, 1898 accepted as Brachydesmus lapadensis Verhoeff, 1897
- Species Brachydesmus topali Loksa, 1959 †
- Species Brachydesmus triseriatus (Verhoeff, 1893) accepted as Brachydesmus chyzeri Daday, 1889
- Species Brachydesmus troglobius Daday, 1889
- Species Brachydesmus umbraticus Verhoeff, 1929
- Species Brachydesmus uncinatus Attems, 1903 accepted as Brachydesmus nemilanus Attems, 1898
- Species Brachydesmus velebiticus Attems, 1911
- Species Brachydesmus verhoeffi Silvestri, 1894 accepted as Brachydesmus proximus Latzel, 1889
- Species Brachydesmus vermosanus Attems, 1929
- Species Brachydesmus verrucosus Makarov & Antić, 2013
- Species Brachydesmus yosemitensis Causey, 1954 accepted as Calianotus yosemitensis (Causey, 1954)
- Species Brachydesmus zawalanus Attems, 1911 accepted as Brachydesmus stygivagus Verhoeff, 1899
- Species Brachydesmus zlatiborpetrovici Curcic & Makarov, 2002
- Genus Brembosoma Verhoeff, 1931 (2)
- Genus Calianotus Shelley, 1997 (3)
- Genus Chromobrachydesmus Attems, 1912
- Genus Cookia Silvestri, 1896 accepted as Heterocookia Silvestri, 1898
- Genus Cretodesmus Strasser, 1974 (1)
- Genus Dixidesmus Chamberlin, 1943 accepted as Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1898
- Genus Eoniscus Arcangeli, 1935
- Genus Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 (120)
- Genus Eubrachydesmus Attems, 1912
- Genus Eumastigonodesmus Brölemann, 1915 (1)
- Genus Glenniea Turk, 1945 (8)
- Genus Goniodesmus Cook, 1895
- Genus Haplobrachidesmus Lohmander, 1928
- Genus Haplobrachydesmus Attems, 1940 accepted as Haplobrachidesmus Lohmander, 1928
- Genus Haploerchodus Verhoeff, 1940
- Genus Heterocookia Silvestri, 1898 (2)
- Genus Himalodesmus Golovatch, 1986 (8)
- Genus Hispaniodesmus Verhoeff, 1910 accepted as Archipolydesmus Attems, 1898
- Genus Hormobrachium Attems, 1940
- Genus Huzichodus Verhoeff, 1941 (1)
- Genus Hydromeritius Verhoeff, 1934 accepted as Hormobrachium Attems, 1940
- Genus Jaxartes Verhoeff, 1930 (12)
- Genus Kerkodesmus Lang, 1935 accepted as Polydesmus Latreille, 1802
- Genus Kerkosoma Verhoeff, 1929
- Genus Kirgisdesmus Lohmander, 1933 accepted as Turanodesmus Lohmander, 1932
- Genus Krenoerchodus Verhoeff, 1940 (1)
- Genus Lasiolathus Loomis, 1943 accepted as Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847
- Genus Leptobrachydesmus Verhoeff, 1929 accepted as Lophobrachydesmus Attems, 1912
- Genus Lophobrachydesmus Attems, 1912
- Genus Mastuchus Attems, 1940
- Genus Merioceratium Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Miradoria Attems, 1952 accepted as Archipolydesmus Attems, 1898
- Genus Niponchodus Verhoeff, 1942 (1)
- Genus Nipponesmus Chamberlin & Wang, 1953 (3)
- Genus Nomarchus Attems, 1940
- Genus Nothybus Attems, 1940 accepted as Nomarchus Attems, 1940
- Genus Pacidesmus Golovatch, 1991 (13)
- Genus Peltogonopus Hoffman & Lohmander, 1968 (2)
- Genus Peltogonopus Verhoeff, 1943 accepted as Peltogonopus Hoffman & Lohmander, 1968
- Genus Perapolydesmus Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Polydesmus Latreille, 1802
- Genus Polydesmus Latreille, 1802 (127)
- Genus Prionomatis Miyosi, 1956 accepted as Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 (11)
- Genus Propolydesmus Verhoeff, 1895 (14)
- Genus Pseudomastuchus Ceuca, 1966 (1)
- Genus Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1898 (8)
- Genus Retrorsia Shelley, 2003 (5)
- Genus Retrorsioides Shear & Marek, 2021 (5)
- Genus Riuerchodus Verhoeff, 1938 (1)
- Genus Rowlandesmus Shear & Marek, 2021 (2)
- Genus Sardodesmus Strasser, 1980 (1)
- Genus Schedoleiodesmus Silvestri, 1898 (2)
- Genus Schizobrachydesmus Verhoeff, 1926 (1)
- Genus Schizomeritius Verhoeff, 1931 (6)
- Genus Schizoturanius Verhoeff, 1931 (9)
- Genus Scytonotus C. L. Koch, 1847 (9)
- Genus Serradium Verhoeff, 1941 (6)
- Genus Snoqualmia Shear, 2012 (2)
- Genus Soleureus Manfredi, 1957
- Genus Soleurus Manfredi, 1957 (1)
- Genus Spanobrachium Attems, 1940
- Genus Stygoerchodus Verhoeff, 1940 (1)
- Genus Stylobrachydesmus Attems, 1912
- Genus Telopoditius Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Schizoturanius Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Tolosanius Attems, 1952 (1)
- Genus Trachynotus Timotheew, 1897 accepted as Schizoturanius Verhoeff, 1931
- Genus Troglobrachydesmus Attems, 1951 (1)
- Genus Turanodesmus Lohmander, 1932 accepted as Jaxartes Verhoeff, 1930
- Genus Turanodesmus Verhoeff, 1931 accepted as Turanodesmus Lohmander, 1932
- Genus Uniramidesmus Golovatch & Mikhaljova, 1979 (10)
- Genus Usbekodesmus Lohmander, 1933 accepted as Epanerchodus Attems, 1901
- Genus Utadesmus Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950 (2)
- Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea Verhoeff, 1910 (306)
- Superfamily Stylodesmoidea
- Family Haplosomatidae Silvestri, 1895
- Family Polydesmidea incertae sedis (43)
- Suborder Strongylosomatidea (1 385)
- Superfamily Opisotretoidea Hoffman, 1980
- Family Anoplodesmidae Pocock, 1909 accepted as Sulciferini Attems, 1898
- Family Atopogonidae Verhoeff, 1941
- Family Ceratesmidae Chamberlin, 1942 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Chatelaineidae Cook, 1911 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Chytodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Comodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Crypturodesmidae Silvestri, 1897 accepted as Oniscodesmidae De Saussure, 1860
- Family Cyclodesmidae Silvestri, 1895 accepted as Sphaeriodesminae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
- Family Cylindrodesmidae Pocock, 1898
- Family Decaporodesmidae Kenyon, 1899 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Desmonidae Cook, 1898 accepted as Desmonini Cook, 1898
- Family Devilleidae Silvestri, 1903 accepted as Devilleini Silvestri, 1903
- Family Eoromidae Loomis, 1936 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Ergethidae Chamberlin, 1949
- Family Eroonsomidae Manfredi, 1943 accepted as Eroonsomatini Manfredi, 1943
- Family Eutynellidae Chamberlin, 1940
- Family Fontariidae Attems, 1926 accepted as Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895
- Family Haplosomidae Silvestri, 1895 accepted as Haplodesmidae Cook, 1895
- Family Helodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Helodesminae Cook, 1896
- Family Hercodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Hylomidae Cook & Loomis, 1924 accepted as Hylomini Cook & Loomis, 1924
- Family Hynidesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Icosidesmidae Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Kiusiunidae Verhoeff, 1942
- Family Macellolophidae Attems, 1940 accepted as Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895
- Family Mastigonodesmidae Attems, 1914 accepted as Trichopolydesmidae Verhoeff, 1910
- Family Niponiellidae Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Niponiini Verhoeff, 1931
- Family Onomatoplanidae Schubart, 1956 accepted as Niponiini Verhoeff, 1931
- Family Otodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Otodesminae Cook, 1896
- Family Peridontodesmidae Pocock, 1909 accepted as Peridontodesmini Pocock, 1909
- Family Pratinidae Schubart, 1939 accepted as Hylomini Cook & Loomis, 1924
- Family Prionopeltidae Verhoeff, 1924 accepted as Hylomini Cook & Loomis, 1924
- Family Pterodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Pterodesminae Cook, 1895
- Family Scytonotidae Cook & Loomis, 1924 accepted as Polydesmidae Leach, 1815
- Family Semnosomatidae Brölemann, 1916 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Sigmocheiridae Causey, 1955 accepted as Sigmocheirini Causey, 1955
- Family Sphaerotrichopodidae Attems, 1914 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Stiodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Strongylosomatidae Cook, 1895 accepted as Paradoxosomatidae Daday, 1889
- Family Stylodesmidae Cook, 1895 accepted as Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
- Family Telonychopodidae Verhoeff, 1951
- Family Thelydesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Thelydesminae Cook, 1896
- Family Trachelorhachidae Silvestri, 1898 accepted as Aphelidesmini Brölemann, 1916
- Family Vanhoeffeniidae Attems, 1914 accepted as Dalodesmidae Cook, 1896
- Family Xyodesmidae Cook, 1896 accepted as Prepodesminae Cook, 1896
- Superorder Nematophora (1 676)
- Order Siphoniulida (2)
- Family Hexecontasomatidae Hannibal, 2000 † (1)
- Family Oklahomasomatidae Hannibal & May, 2020 †
- Genus Dolesea Hannibal & May, 2020 †
- Infraclass Pentazonia (786)
- Order Zosterogrammida † (1)
- Subclass Penicillata (161)
- Class Euthycarcinoidea †
- Class Pauropoda (534)
- Class Symphyla (103)
