| Entomology Department |
Millipedes, DIPLOPODA
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| ORDER | FAMILY | Number of identified species in ZMUC collection as per 11 August 1999 (- : the family is represented but not by identified spp.) |
| POLYXENIDA | Synxenidae | 1 |
| Polyxenidae | 3 | |
| Lophoproctidae | 8 | |
| GLOMERIDESMIDA | Glomeridesmidae | 3 |
| SPHAEROTHERIIDA | Sphaeortheriidae | 4 |
| Sphaeropoeidae | 5 | |
| GLOMERIDA | Glomeridellidae | 5 |
| Glomeridae | 54 | |
| Trachysphaeridae | 17 | |
| PLATYDESMIDA | Andrognathidae | 9 |
| SIPHONOPHORIDA | Siphonorhinidae | - |
| Siphonophoridae | 3 | |
| POLYZONIIDA | Siphonocryptidae | 2 |
| Polyzoniidae | 8 | |
| Siphonotidae | 1 | |
| Hirudisomatidae | 3 | |
| STEMMIULIDA | Stemmiulidae | 9 |
| CALLIPODIDA | Callipodidae | 1 |
| Schizopetalidae | 20 | |
| Dorypetalidae | 3 | |
| Caspiopetalidae | 2 | |
| CHORDEUMATIDA | Striariidae | - |
| Schedotrigonidae | - | |
| Diplomaragnidae | 10 | |
| Metopidiotricidae | 1 | |
| Neoatractosomatidae | 6 | |
| Mastigophorophyllidae | 11 | |
| Haaseidae | 5 | |
| Cleidogonidae | 2 | |
| Trichopetalidae | 1 | |
| Verhoeffiidae | 3 | |
| Haplobainosomatidae | 1 | |
| Attemsiidae | 2 | |
| Craspedosomatidae | 33 | |
| Chordeumatidae | 10 | |
| Branneriidae | 1 | |
| Tingupidae | - | |
| Kashmireumatidae | 1 | |
| Antroleucosomatidae | 6 | |
| Hoffmaneumatidae | 1 | |
| Caseyidae | 1 | |
| Opisthocheiridae | 3 | |
| Megalotylidae | 2 | |
| Lankasomatidae | 1 | |
| POLYDESMIDA | Chelodesmidae | 30 |
| Xystodesmidae | 27 | |
| Gomphodesmidae | 12 | |
| Campodesmidae | 3 | |
| Oxydesmidae | 49 | |
| Sphaeriodesmidae | 1 | |
| Platyrhacidae | 17 | |
| Aphelidesmidae | 8 | |
| Euryuridae | 1 | |
| Rhacodesmidae | - | |
| Paradoxosomatidae | 124 | |
| Polydesmidae | 77 | |
| Doratodesmidae | 1 | |
| Haplodesmidae | 4 | |
| Cryptodesmidae | 9 | |
| Opisotretidae | 1 | |
| Trichopolydesmidae | 1 | |
| Macrosternodesmidae | 2 | |
| Nearctodesmidae | - | |
| Fuhrmannodesmidae | 6 | |
| ? (Cottodesmus) | 1 | |
| Pyrgodesmidae | 17 | |
| Cyrtodesmidae | 2 | |
| Oniscodesmidae | 2 | |
| Ammodesmidae | 1 | |
| Dalodesmidae | 3 | |
| SPIROBOLIDA | Spirobolidae | 4 |
| Floridobolidae | 1 | |
| Spirobolellidae | 5 | |
| Rhinocricidae | 13 | |
| Pseudospirobolellidae | 3 | |
| Pachybolidae | 24 | |
| SPIROSTREPTIDA | Cambalidae | 9 |
| Cambalopsidae | 12 | |
| Iulomorphidae | - | |
| Pseudonannolenidae | 8 | |
| Choctellidae | 1 | |
| Spirostreptidae | 71 | |
| Harapagophoridae | 35 | |
| Odontopygidae | 40 | |
| JULIDA | Parajulidae | 5 |
| Mongoliulidae | 5 | |
| Paeromopodidae | 1 | |
| Zosteractinidae | 3 | |
| Galliobatidae | 1 | |
| Okeanobatidae | 3 | |
| Blaniulidae | 34 | |
| Telsonemasomatidae | 1 | |
| Chelojulidae | 1 | |
| Pseudonemasomatidae | 1 | |
| Nemasomatidae | 12 | |
| Trichonemasomatidae | 1 | |
| Trichoblaniulidae | 1 | |
| Julidae | 396 | |
| TOTAL | 97 families | 1352 species |
| Growth of the ZMUC collection of Diplopoda | |
| Year (per 1 JAN) | No. of spp. |
| 1983 | 763 |
| 1984 | 826 |
| 1985 | 876 |
| 1986 | 889 |
| 1987 | 960 |
| 1988 | 978 |
| 1989 | 1016 |
| 1990 | 1048 |
| 1991 | 1070 |
| 1992 | 1135 |
| 1993 | 1144 |
| 1994 | 1224 |
| 1995 | 1244 |
| 1996 | 1290 |
| 1997 | 1301 |
| 1998 | 1305 |
| 1999 | 1312 |
| (1999, 11 Aug | 1352) |
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| Last update: 26 maj 2007 |