List of millipede families
# List of millipede families

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

* Glomeridae
* Glomeridellidae
* Trachysphaeridae (=Doderiidae)

## Glomeridesmida

* Glomeridesmidae
* Termitodesmidae

## Julida

Superfamily Blaniuloidea

* Blaniulidae
* GalliobatidaeOmmatoiulus sabulosus (Julidae)
* 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

* CampodesmidaeTymbodesmus falcatus (Gomphodesmidae), Burkina Faso
* 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
