Millipedes, myriapods of the class Diplopoda, contain approximately 12,000 described species organized into 16 extant orders and approximately 140 families. This list is based on Shear, 2011, sorted alphabetically by order and taxonomically within order.
Note: The names of millipede orders end in "-ida"; suborders end in "-idea". Superfamilies end in "-oidea", while families end in "-idae".
Callipodida
Suborder Callipodidea
- Callipodidae
Suborder Schizopetalidea
- Abacionidae
- Caspiopetalidae
- Dorypetalidae
- Paracortinidae
- Schizopetalidae
Suborder Sinocallipodidea
- Sinocallipodidae
Chordeumatida
Suborder Chordeumatidea
Superfamily Chordeumatoidea
- Chordeumatidae
- Speophilosomatidae
Suborder Craspedosomatidea
Superfamily Anthroleucosomatoidea
- Anthroleucosomatidae
- Haasiidae
- Origmatogonidae
- Vandeleumatidae
Superfamily Brannerioidea
- Brachychaeteumatidae
- Branneriidae
- Chamaesomatidae
- Golovatchiidae
- Heterolatzeliidae
- Kashmireumatidae
- Macrochaeteumatidae
- Niponiosomatidae
- Tingupidae
- Trachygonidae
Superfamily Cleidogonoidea
- Biokoviellidae
- Cleidogonidae
- Entomobielziidae
- Lusitaniosomatidae
- Opisthocheiridae
- Trichopetalidae
Superfamily Craspedosomatoidea
- Attemsiidae
- Craspedosomatidae
- Haplobainosomatidae
Superfamily Haaseoidea
- Haaseidae
Superfamily Neoatractosomatoidea
- Altajellidae
- Faginidae
- Hoffmaneumatidae
- Mastigophorophyllidae
- Neoatractosomatidae
Superfamily Verhoeffioidea
- Verhoeffiidae
Suborder Heterochordeumatidea
Superfamily Conotyloidea
- Adritylidae
- Conotylidae
Superfamily Diplomaragnoidea
- Diplomaragnidae
Superfamily Heterochordeumatoidea
- Eudigonidae
- Heterochordeumatidae
- Megalotylidae
- Metopidiotrichidae
- Peterjohnsiidae
Superfamily Pygmaeosomatoidea
- Lankasomatidae
- Pygmaeosomatidae
Suborder Striariidea
Superfamily Caseyoidea
- Caseyidae
- Urochordeumatidae
Superfamily Striarioidea
- Apterouridae
- Buotidae
- Rhiscosomididae
- Striariidae
Glomerida
Auth.: Leach, 1814; the "pill millipedes"
- Glomeridae
- Glomeridellidae
- Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae) - monotypic Trachysphaera Heller, 1858
Glomeridesmida
- Glomeridesmidae
- Termitodesmidae
Julida
Superfamily Blaniuloidea
- Blaniulidae
- Galliobatidae
- Okeanobatidae
- Zosteractinidae
Superfamily Juloidea
- Julidae
- Rhopaloiulidae
- Trichoblaniulidae
- Trichonemasomatidae
Superfamily Nemasomatoidea
- Chelojulidae
- Nemasomatidae
- Pseudonemasomatidae
- Telsonemasomatidae
Superfamily Paeromopodoidea
- Aprosphylosomatidae
- Paeromopodidae
Superfamily Parajuloidea
- Mongoliulidae
- Parajulidae
Platydesmida
- Andrognathidae
- Platydesmidae
Polydesmida
Suborder Chelodesmidea (=Leptodesmidea)
Superfamily Chelodesmoidea
- Chelodesmidae
Superfamily Platyrhacoidea
- Aphelidesmidae
- Platyrhacidae
Superfamily Rhachodesmoidea
- Rhachodesmidae
- Tridontomidae
Superfamily Sphaeriodesmoidea
- Campodesmidae
- Holistophallidae
- Sphaeriodesmidae
Superfamily Xystodesmoidea
- Eurymerodesmidae
- Euryuridae
- Gomphodesmidae
- Oxydesmidae
- Xystodesmidae
Suborder Dalodesmidea
- Dalodesmidae
- Vaalogonopodidae
Suborder Paradoxosomatidea (=Strongylosomatidea)
- Paradoxosomatidae
Suborder Polydesmidea
Infraorder Oniscodesmoides
Superfamily Oniscodesmoidea
- Dorsoporidae
- Oniscodesmidae
Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea
- Ammodesmidae
- Cyrtodesmidae
- Pyrgodesmidae
Infraorder Polydesmoides
Superfamily Haplodesmoidea
- Haplodesmidae
Superfamily Opisotretoidea
- Opisotretidae
- Polydesmidae
- Cryptodesmidae
- Polydesmidae
Superfamily Trichopolydesmoidea
- Fuhrmannodesmidae
- Macrosternodesmidae
- Nearctodesmidae
Polyxenida
Superfamily Polyxenoidea
- Hypogexenidae
- Lophoproctidae
- Polyxenidae
Superfamily Synxenoidea
- Synxenidae
Polyzoniida
- Hirudisomatidae
- Polyzoniidae
- Siphonotidae
Siphoniulida
- Siphoniulidae
Siphonocryptida
- Siphonocryptidae
Siphonophorida
- Siphonophoridae
- Siphonorhinidae
Sphaerotheriida
- Arthrosphaeridae
- Procyliosomatidae
- Sphaerotheriidae
- Zephroniidae
Spirobolida
Suborder Spirobolidea
- Allopocockiidae
- Atopetholidae
- Floridobolidae
- Hoffmanobolidae
- Messicobolidae
- Pseudospirobolellidae
- Rhinocricidae
- Spirobolellidae
- Spirobolidae
- Typhlobolellidae
Suborder Trigoniulidea
- Pachybolidae
- Trigoniulidae
Spirostreptida
Suborder Cambalidea
- Cambalidae
- Cambalopsidae
- Choctellidae
- Iulomorphidae
- Pseudonannolenidae
Suborder Spirostreptidea
Superfamily Odontopygoidea
- Atopogestidae
- Odontopygidae
Superfamily Spirostreptoidea
- Adiaphorostreptidae
- Harpagophoridae
- Spirostreptidae
Stemmiulida
- Stemmiulidae
See also
Extinct millipede groups
- Archipolypoda
- Arthropleuridea
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