Lophoturus

Lophoturus
Lophoturus boondallus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. Species described after year 2000 include two from Queensland, Australia, three from Christmas Island, Australia, and three from the Caribbean and northern South America.

Species

There are approximately 27 species:

References

  1. 1 2 "Lophoturus Brölemann, 1931". MilliBase taxon details. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 Huynh, Cuong; Veenstra, Anneke A. (2018). "Two new Lophoturus species (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Lophoproctidae) from Queensland, Australia". ZooKeys (741): 133–154. doi:10.3897/zookeys.741.21814. PMC 5904426. PMID 29706774. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique (2014). "Two new species of Lophoturus (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Lophoproctidae) from caves in Christmas Island, Australia, including the second troglomorph in Penicillata". Zoosystema. 36: 29–39. doi:10.5252/z2014n1a2. S2CID 84884342.
  4. ↑ Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, Monique (2002). "New species and distribution of the genera Lophoturus and Ancistroxenus (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Penicillata) in the Caribbean and northern South America" (PDF). Zoosystema. 24 (2): 451–470.