Chilognatha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Diplopoda
Subclassis: Chilognatha
Infraclasses: Helminthomorpha - Pentazonia
[list of infraclasses after Shelley (2003)]
References

Shelley, R.M. 2003: A revised, annotated, family-level classification of the Diplopoda. Arthropoda selecta, 11(3): 187–207.

Chilognatha is a subclass of the class Diplopoda, which includes the vast majority of extant millipedes, about 12,000 species.
Taxonomy

The classification of Chilognatha presented below is based on Shear, 2011,[1] and Shear & Edgecombe, 2010[2] (extinct groups). Recent cladistic and molecular studies have challenged the traditional classification schemes above, and in particular the position of the orders Siphoniulida and Polyzoniida is not yet well established.[3] The placement and positions of extinct groups (†) known only from fossils is tentative and not fully resolved.[3][2] After each name is listed the author citation: the name of the person who coined the name or defined the group, even if not at the current rank.

Subclass Chilognatha Latrielle, 1802
Order †Zosterogrammida Wilson, 2005 (Chilognatha incertae sedis)[2]
Infraclass Pentazonia Brandt, 1833
Order †Amynilyspedida Hoffman, 1969
Superorder Limacomorpha Pocock, 1894
Order Glomeridesmida Cook, 1895
Superorder Oniscomorpha Pocock, 1887
Order Glomerida Brandt, 1833
Order Sphaerotheriida Brandt, 1833
Infraclass Helminthomorpha Pocock, 1887
Superorder †Archipolypoda Scudder, 1882
Order †Archidesmida Wilson & Anderson 2004
Order †Cowiedesmida Wilson & Anderson 2004
Order †Euphoberiida Hoffman, 1969
Order †Palaeosomatida Hannibal & Krzeminski, 2005
Order †Pleurojulida Schneider & Werneburg, 1998 (possibly sister to Colobognatha)[3]
Subterclass Colobognatha Brandt, 1834
Order Platydesmida Cook, 1895
Order Polyzoniida Cook, 1895
Order Siphonocryptida Cook, 1895
Order Siphonophorida Newport, 1844
Subterclass Eugnatha Attems, 1898
Superorder Juliformia Attems, 1926
Order Julida Brandt, 1833
Order Spirobolida Cook, 1895
Order Spirostreptida Brandt, 1833
Superfamily †Xyloiuloidea Cook, 1895 (Sometimes aligned with Spirobolida)[4]
Superorder Nematophora Verhoeff, 1913
Order Callipodida Pocock, 1894
Order Chordeumatida Pocock 1894
Order Stemmiulida Cook, 1895
Order Siphoniulida Cook, 1895
Superorder Merocheta Cook, 1895
Order Polydesmida Pocock, 1887

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.
Shear, William A.; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2010). "The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda". Arthropod Structure & Development. 39 (2–3): 174–190. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2009.11.002. PMID 19944188.
Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (Millipedes): Taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. 52 (1): 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID 17163800.
Hoffman, R. L. (1963). "New genera and species of Upper Paleozoic Diplopoda". Journal of Paleontology. 37 (1): 167–174. JSTOR 1301419.