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Pyrgodesmidae

Myriapoda - Polydesmida - Pyrgodesmidae

Taxonomy
Pyrgodesmidae was named by Silvestri (1896). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polydesmidea by Santiago-Blay and Poinar (1992); and to Pyrgodesmoidea by Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri
1992Pyrgodesmidae Santiago-Blay and Poinar p. 366
2018Pyrgodesmidae Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 643

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
RankNameAuthor
subclassChilognatha()
infraclassHelminthomorpha(Pocock 1887)
EugnathaAttems 1898
superorderMerochaetaCook 1895
orderPolydesmidaPocock 1887
suborderPolydesmideaPocock 1887
superfamilyPyrgodesmoideaSilvestri 1896
familyPyrgodesmidaeSilvestri 1896
familyPyrgodesmidaeSilvestri 1896

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri 1896
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G. Docodesmus Cook 1896
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Docodesmus brodzinskyi Shear 1981
G. Iomus Cook 1911
G. Lophodesmus Pocock 1894
G. Myrmecodesmus Silvestri 1910
G. Psochodesmus Cook 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available