Polydesmida is the largest order of millipedes, containing approximately 3,500 species, including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN).
Julida is an order of millipedes. Members are mostly small and cylindrical, typically ranging from 10–120 millimetres (0.39–4.72 in) in length. Eyes may be present or absent, and in mature males of many species, the first pair of legs is modified into hook-like structures. Additionally, both pairs of legs on the 7th body segment of males are modified into gonopods.
Boreoiulus dollfusi is a species of millipede in the Blaniulidae family that can be found in Belgium, France and Spain.
Blaniulus guttulatus, commonly known as the spotted snake millipede is a species of millipede in the family Blaniulidae that can be found in Central and Western Europe. It has been introduced in North American countries such as the United States, Canada, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha, as well as Tasmania and Norfolk Island, Australia.
Blaniulus lorifer is a species of millipede in the Blaniulidae family that can be found in France and Spain.
Blaniulus mayeti is a species of millipede in the Blaniulidae family that is endemic to France.
Blaniulus orientalis is a species of millipede in the Blaniulidae family that can be found in France and Spain.
Blaniulus troglobius is a species of millipede in the Blaniulidae family that is endemic to France.
Blaniulus troglodites is a species of millipede in the Blaniulidae family that can be found in France, Spain, and on the island of Sardinia.
Blaniulus lichtensteini is a species of millipede in the Blaniulidae family that is endemic to France.
Newportia is a genus of scolopocryptopid centipedes. It has around 50 described species to date.
Boreoiulus is a genus of millipedes in the family Blaniulidae, containing the following species:
Blaniulidae is a family of millipedes in the order Julida. Members are long and thin, with a length:width ratio of up to 30:1. Eyes may be present or absent, and members have distinctive spots on each segment: the ozadenes or odiferous glands. The family contains the following genera:
Stigmatogaster is a genus of centipedes in the family Himantariidae, containing the following species:
Polyxenidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyxenida containing approximately 47 species in 19 genera.
Henry Wilfred Brolemann was a French myriapodologist and former president of the Société entomologique de France known for major works on centipedes and millipedes, of which he named some 500 species. Brolemann was born on 10 July 1860 in Paris, to a wealthy family of Israelite industrialists and bankers that had long since converted to Protestantism. He graduated from the University of Paris and was in the banking business early in life, then left for studies in the United States, including at Indiana University, and then studied in Italy before returning to France and becoming one of the world's experts in myriapods. Brolemann was fluent in English, German and Italian, and wrote in Spanish and Portuguese.
Geophilus is a genus of centipedes in the family Geophilidae, containing the following species:
Sphaeriodesmidae is a family of flat-backed millipedes in the order Polydesmida. There are about 15 genera and at least 90 described species in Sphaeriodesmidae.
