Biology:Orsilochus (millipede)

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Orsilochus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Polyzoniida
Family: Siphonotidae
Genus: Orsilochus
Attems, 1900[1]

Orsilochus is a genus of millipedes in the family Siphonotidae. There are at least three described species in Orsilochus. [2]

The name is listed by WoRMS as being "preoccupied in Hemiptera and Coleoptera".[1]

Species

  • Orsilochus acuticonus Attems, 1910
  • Orsilochus crassiceps Attems, 1900
  • Orsilochus michaelseni Attems, 1911

References

Further reading

  • Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. 59. Pensoft. 
  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. 
  • Foddai, Donatella; Dallai, Romano (1995). Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Pauropoda, Symphyla. Calderini. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 

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