Biology:Lophoturus

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Short description: Genus of millipedes

Lophoturus
Lophoturus boondallus Huynh & Veenstra, 2018.jpg
Lophoturus boondallus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polyxenida
Family: Lophoproctidae
Genus: Lophoturus
Brölemann, 1931
Type species
Lophoturus obscurus
Brölemann, 1931
Diversity
Approx. 27 species


Lophoturus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Lophoproctidae.[1] Species described after year 2000 include two from Queensland, Australia,[2] three from Christmas Island, Australia,[3] and three from the Caribbean and northern South America.[4]

Species

There are approximately 27 species:[1][2][3]

  • Lophoturus adisi Ishii, Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy & Condé, 1999
  • Lophoturus aequatus (Loomis, 1936)
  • Lophoturus anisorhabdus (Condé & Terver, 1964)
  • Lophoturus boondallus Huynh & Veenstra, 2018
  • Lophoturus crassipes Conde & Terver, 1979
  • Lophoturus danhomenou (Brölemann, 1926)
  • Lophoturus difficilis (Condé & Jacquemin, 1963)
  • Lophoturus drifti (Condé & Terver, 1964)
  • Lophoturus fluctuans (Condé & Terver, 1964)
  • Lophoturus guineensis (Silvestri, 1948)
  • Lophoturus hesperius (Condè & Terver, 1963)
  • Lophoturus humphreysi Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014
  • Lophoturus jianshuiensis Ishii & Yin, 2000
  • Lophoturus judsoni Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002
  • Lophoturus longisetis (Pocock, 1894)
  • Lophoturus madecassus (Marquet & Condé, 1950)
  • Lophoturus molloyensis Huynh & Veenstra, 2018
  • Lophoturus monserratensis Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002
  • Lophoturus niveus (Loomis, 1934)
  • Lophoturus obscurus (Brölemann, 1931)
  • Lophoturus okinawai (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1982)
  • Lophoturus peruanus (Silvestri, 1949)
  • Lophoturus quebradanus (Chamberlin, 1955)
  • Lophoturus queenslandicus (Verhoeff, 1924)
  • Lophoturus speophilus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014
  • Lophoturus sturmi Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002
  • Lophoturus vicarius Conde & Terver, 1979

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6450518 entry