Order CHORDEUMATIDA Pocock, 1894

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Introduction

The highly diverse order Chordeumatida is currently grouped into more than 30 families, most of which are restricted to the Northern Hemisphere (Hoffman 1982). Typical chordeumatidans are small, cylindrical millipedes with 30 or 32 body segments, prominent eyes and six long, dorsal setae in a row across each body segment. No Chordeumatida had been reported from Australia before the 1980s (Jeekel 1981), but recent collections indicate that the wetter Australian forests contain an abundant and species-diverse fauna of inconspicuous chordeumatidans. The higher classification of Chordeumatida used in this checklist is that of Shear (2000).

General References

Hoffman, R.L. 1982. Diplopoda. pp. 689-724 in Parker, S.P. (ed.). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. Vol. 2. New York : McGraw-Hill.

Jeekel, C.A.W. 1981. Australia Expedition 1980; legit C.A.W. Jeekel and A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers. List of collecting stations, together with general notes on the distribution of millipedes in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam 30: 1-59

Shear, W.A. 2000. On the milliped family Heterochordeumatidae, with comments on the higher classification of the order Chordeumatida (Diplopoda). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 363-376

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