Australian Millipedes: Catalogue Part 1

Below is a list of named species of Australian millipedes and their distribution. Click on a species name for synonymy and other information. Click on the author and year for bibliographic details. For genus synonymies, work down from Orders (links above) to families, or up from links on species pages.

The classification used here is that of Hoffman (1980) as amended by Shelley (2003), but Polyxenida follows Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy (2003) and Spirobolida follows Jeekel (2001b) and Marek et al. (2003).

Polyxenida

Order Polyxenida Lucas, 1840
  Family Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897
    Lophoturus queenslandicus (Verhoeff, 1924) [QLD; PNG]
  Family Polyxenidae Lucas, 1840
    Propolyxenus forsteri Condé, 1951 [Tas; NZ]
    Unixenus attemsi Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1967 [WA]
    Unixenus mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1924) [WA]
  Family Synxenidae Silvestri, 1923
    Phryssonotus novaehollandiae (Silvestri, 1923) [NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA]

Sphaerotheriida

Polyzoniida

Order Polyzoniida Cook, 1895
  Family Siphonotidae Cook, 1895
    Subfamily Siphonotinae Cook, 1895
      Tribe Rhinotini Hoffman, 1977
        Rhinotus michaelseni (Attems, 1911) [WA]
        Rhinotus mjoebergi Verhoeff, 1924 [Qld]
      Tribe Siphonotini Cook, 1895
        Siphonotus brevicornis Pocock, 1903 [Vic]
        Siphonotus flavomarginatus Attems, 1911 [WA]
        Siphonotus latus Verhoeff, 1924 [Qld]

Siphonophorida

Order Siphonophorida Hoffman, 1980
  Family Siphonophoridae Newport, 1844
    Rhinosiphora mjoebergi (Verhoeff, 1924) [Qld]
    Rhinosiphora nasuta (Verhoeff, 1924) [Qld]
    Rhinosiphora nodulosa (Verhoeff, 1924) [Qld]

Julida

Order Julida Brandt, 1833
  Family Blaniulidae C.L. Koch, 1847
    Subfamily Blaniulinae C.L. Koch, 1847
      Tribe Blaniulini C.L. Koch, 1847
        Blaniulus guttulatus (Fabricius, 1798) Introduced [Tas]
      Tribe Nopoiulini Verhoeff, 1911
        Choneiulus palmatus (Nemec, 1895) Introduced [Tas]
  Family Julidae Leach, 1814
    Subfamily Julinae Leach, 1814
      Tribe Brachyiulini Verhoeff, 1909
        Brachyiulus lusitanus Verhoeff, 1898 Introduced [SA]
        Brachyiulus pusillus (Leach, 1815) Introduced [SA,TAS]
      Tribe Cylindroiulini Verhoeff, 1930
        Cylindroiulus brittanicus (Verhoeff, 1891) Introduced [Tas]
        Cylindroiulus latestriatus (Curtis, 1845) Introduced [Tas]
      Tribe Leptoiulini Lohmander, 1936
        Ophyiulus pilosus (Newport, 1843) Introduced [Tas]
        Ophyiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898a Introduced [SA]
      Tribe Ommatoiulini Hoffman, 1980
        Ommatoiulus moreleti (Lucas, 1860) Introduced [ACT,NSW,SA,TAS,VIC,WA]

Spirobolida

Spirostreptida

Order Spirostreptida Brandt, 1833
  Family Cambalidae Bollman, 1893
    Apocoptogonus fimbriatus Jeekel, 2006a [NSW]
    Apocoptogonus penicillatus Jeekel, 2006a [NSW]
    Dimerogonus orophilus Attems, 1903 [NSW,?SA]
    Euryischiogonus barbulatus Jeekel, 2009b [NSW]
    Proscelomerion serratum Verhoeff, 1924 [Qld]
    Stenischiogonus bacillifer Jeekel, 2009b [NSW]
  Family Iulomorphidae Verhoeff, 1924
    Amastigogonus fossuliger Verhoeff, 1944a [Tas]
    Amastigogonus hardyi (Chamberlin, 1920a) [Tas]
    Amastigogonus tasmanianus Brolemann, 1913 [Tas]
    Amastigogonus verreauxii (Gervais, 1847b) [Tas]
    Atelomastix albanyensis Attems, 1911 [WA]
    Atelomastix nigrescens Attems, 1911 [WA]
    Atelomastix solitaria Jeekel, 2009a [Vic]
    Dinocambala ingens Attems, 1911 [WA]
    Hypocambala exocoeti (Pocock, 1888) Introduced [Christmas Island]
    Merioproscelum penicilligerum Verhoeff, 1924 [Qld]
    Podykipus affinis Verhoeff, 1924 [WA]
    Podykipus collinus Attems, 1911 [WA]
    Podykipus leptoiuloides Attems, 1911 [WA]
    Samichus attemsii Verhoeff, 1944a [WA]
    Samichus decoratus Attems, 1911 [WA]
    Thaumaceratopus cervinus Verhoeff, 1924 [Qld]
    Thaumaceratopus elongatus Verhoeff, 1924 [Qld]
    Victoriocambala bidentata Jeekel, 2009a [Vic]
    Victoriocambala buffalensis Verhoeff, 1944a [Vic]
Species inquirenda within Spirostreptida
  Julomorpha flagelligera Silvestri, 1897a [Qld]
  Iulomorpha pallipes Silvestri, 1898 [Qld]
  Iulomorpha podenzanae Silvestri, 1898 [Qld]
  Spirostreptus impressopunctatus L. Koch, 1867 [Qld]
  Spirostreptus maritimus L. Koch, 1867 [Qld]

Chordeumatida

Order Chordeumatida Pocock, 1894
  Family Metopidiotrichidae Attems, 1907
    Australeuma gladifer Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [Vic]
    Australeuma golovatchi Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [Tas]
    Australeuma jeekeli Golovatch, 1986 [Tas]
    Australeuma mauriesi Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [Tas]
    Australeuma peckorum Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [WA]
    Australeuma simile Golovatch, 1986 [Tas]
    Neocambrisoma cachinnus Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [Tas]
    Neocambrisoma fieldensis Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [Tas]
    Neocambrisoma raveni Mauriès, 1987 [NSW]
    Nesiothrix mangana Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [Tas]
    Nesiothrix medialis Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [Tas]
    Nesiothrix tasmanica (Golovatch, 1986) [Tas]
    Reginaterreuma daviesae Mauriès, 1987 [Qld]
    Reginaterreuma major Mauriès, 1987 [Qld]
    Reginaterreuma monroei Mauriès, 1987 [Qld]
    Reginaterreuma tarkinensis Shear & Mesibov, 1995 [Tas]
    Reginaterreuma unicolor Mauriès, 1987 [Qld]
    Reginaterreuma victorianum Shear & Mesibov, 1997 [Vic]
  Family Peterjohnsiidae Mauriès, 1987
    Peterjohnsia basimontana Mauriès, 1987 [Qld]
    Peterjohnsia ludovicensis Mauriès, 1987 [Qld]
    Peterjohnsia summa Mauriès, 1987 [Qld]
    Peterjohnsia titan Shear & Mesibov, 1994 [Tas]