Belongs within: Myriapoda.
Contains: Pauropodidae.
The Pauropoda are minute myriapods, 0.5–2 mm in length, with bifurcate antennae and eight to eleven pairs of legs (Scheller 2013).
<==Pauropoda
| i. s.: Eopauropus balticusGE05
| Eirmopauropus [Eirmopauropodidae]S13
|--HexamerocerataS13
| |--Rosettauropus temporalisA99
| `--Millotauropus [Millotauropodidae]A99
| `--M. latiramosusA99
`--TetramerocerataS13
| i. s.: Antichtopauropus Scheller 2011 [Antichtopauropodidae]S13
| |--*A. brevitarsus Scheller 2011S13
| `--A. relativus Scheller 2013S13
| Amphipauropus Scheller 1984 [Amphipauropodidae]S13
| `--*A. rhenanus (Hüther 1971) [=Cauvetauropus rhenanus]S13
|--Eurypauropodidae [Endomorpha]S90
| |--Gravieripus Remy 1937S90
| | `--G. armatus MacSwain & Lanham 1948S90
| |--Eurypauropus Ryder 1879S90
| | |--E. spinosus Ryder 1879S90
| | `--E. unciger Remy 1956S90
| `--Samarangopus Verhoeff 1934 [incl. Australopauropus Bagnall 1935]S13
| |--*S. jacobsoni (Silvestri 1930) [=Eurypauropus jacobsoni]S13
| |--S. browni Remy 1954S13
| |--S. constellatusS13
| |--S. jemlahicusS13
| |--S. speciosus (Harrison 1914) [=Eurypauropus speciosus, *Australopauropus speciosus]S13
| `--S. umbraculusS13
`--EctomorphaS90
|--PauropodidaeS90
|--AfrauropodidaeS90
|--PolypauropodidaeS13
| |--FagepauropusS13
| |--PolypauropoidesS13
| `--Polypauropus Remy 1932S90
| `--*P. duboscqi Remy 1932S13
`--BrachypauropodidaeS90
|--Brachypauropus Latzel 1884S90
| `--B. pearsei Starling 1943S90
|--Aletopauropus MacSwain & Lanham 1948S90
| `--A. lentus MacSwain & Lanham 1948S90
|--Zygopauropus MacSwain & Lanham 1948S90
| `--Z. hesperius MacSwain & Lanham 1948S90
|--Borneopauropus Scheller 2008S13
| |--*B. penanorum (Scheller in Scheller et al. 1994) [=Brachypauropoides penanorum]S13
| `--B. dignus Scheller 2009S13
`--Deltopauropus MacSwain & Lanham 1948S90
|--D. luteus MacSwain & Lanham 1948S90
|--D. macswaini Remy 1956S90
`--D. magnus MacSwain & Lanham 1948S90
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[A99] Ax, P. 1999. Das System der Metazoa II. Ein Lehrbuch der phylogenetischen Systematik. Gustav Fisher Verlag: Stuttgart (translated: 2000. Multicellular Animals: The phylogenetic system of the Metazoa vol. 2. Springer).
[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.
[S90] Scheller, U. 1990. Pauropoda. In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 861–890. John Wiley & Sones: New York.
[S13] Scheller, U. 2013. Pauropoda (Myriapoda) in Australia, with descriptions of new species from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 82: 1–133.