Leptodesmidea

{{Short description|Suborder of millipedes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image=Midoribaba yasude 02.jpg

| image_caption=Parafontaria tonominea (Xystodesmidae) of Japan

| taxon = Leptodesmidea

| authority = Brölemann, 1916

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision_ref = {{ITIS |id=568971 |taxon=Chelodesmidea Cook, 1895 |accessdate=18 January 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id712862/|title=Chelodesmidea|publisher= BioLib|accessdate=18 January 2011}}

|subdivision =

• Aphelidesmidae Brolemann, 1916
• Chelodesmidae Cook, 1895
• Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 1951
• Euryuridae Pocock, 1909
• Holistophallidae Silvestri, 1909
• Platyrhacidae Pocock, 1895
• Rhachodesmidae Carl, 1903
• Sphaeriodesmidae Humbert & De Saussure, 1869
• Tridontomidae Loomis & Hoffman, 1962
• Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895

}}

Leptodesmidea is a suborder of flat-backed millipedes under the order Polydesmida.