Lophoturus

Lophoturus, is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Lophoproctidae. There were 28 described species in genus Lophoturus worldwide.[1] Since then, three new species was found from Christmas Island, Australia,[2][3] one new species from China and three new species from the Caribbean and northern South America.[4] The total increases up to 33 in 2018.

Lophoturus
Lophoturus boondallus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polyxenida
Family:
Lophoproctidae
Genus:
Lophoturus

Brölemann, 1931
Species:
33 species
Type species
Lophoturus obscurus
Brölemann, 1931

Species
  • 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 (Silvestri, 1894)
  • 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
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References
  1. "Lophoturus Brölemann, 1931". MilliBase taxon details. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. Duy-Jacquemin, Monique Nguyen (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.
  3. 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. PMID 29706774. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. "New species and distribution of the genera Lophoturus and Ancistroxenus (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Penicillata) in the Caribbean and northern South America" (PDF). sciencepress. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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