Biology:Lophoproctidae
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Short description: Family of millipedes
| Lophoproctidae | |
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| Lophoproctus coecus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Polyxenida |
| Family: | Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897 |
Lophoproctidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyxenida containing approximately 65 species in 6 genera.[1]
Description
Lophoproctids are distinguished by a soft body, bearing bristles at the posterior end of each diplosegment;[2] they are blind and generally lack pigmentation. Individuals are small, ranging in size from 1.2 to 4.2 mm.[3] Adults have 13 pairs of legs with internal leg buds,[4] except for those in one species (Lophoturus madecassus), which have only 11 pairs of legs.[5]
Genera
As of 2017, the family contains the following genera:[1]
- Alloproctoides Marquet & Condé 1950
- Ancistroxenus Schubart 1947
- Lophoproctinus Silvestri 1948
- Lophoproctus Pocock 1894
- Lophoturus Brölemann 1931
- Plesioproctus Condé 1964
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sierwald, P. "Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897. In: Sierwald, P. MilliBase (2017).". MilliBase, 12th January 2017. http://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888738. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ↑ Bueno-Villegas, Julián; Rojas-Fernández, Patricia (1999). "Fauna de Milpiés (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) de una Selva Alta de los Tuxtlas, Ver. México". Acta Zoológica Mexicana 76: 59–83.
- ↑ Enghoff, Henrik; Golovatch, Sergei; Short, Megan; Stoev, Pavel; Wesener, Thomas (2015-01-01). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview" (in en). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017. https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004188273/B9789004188273_017.xml.
- ↑ Melic, Antonio (2015). "Introducción a la Clase Diplopoda.". Ibero Diversidad Entomológica @ccesible (Revista IDE@-SEA) 23: 1–18.
- ↑ Car, Catherine A.; Short, Megan; Huynh, Cuong; Harvey, Mark S. (2013). "The Millipedes of Barrow Island, Western Australia (Diplopoda)". Records of the Western Australian Museum 83: 209-219. https://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/SuppWAMuseum_2013_83_209to219_CARetal.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q6450879 entry
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