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]

Lophoturus
Lophoturus boondallus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lophoturus Brölemann, 1931". MilliBase taxon details. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.
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