Lophoproctidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyxenida containing approximately 65 species in 6 genera.[1]
| 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 |
Description
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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
editAs 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
edit- ^ a b Sierwald, P. "Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897. In: Sierwald, P. MilliBase (2017)". MilliBase, 12th January 2017. 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 (1 January 2015). "Diplopoda — taxonomic overview". Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2: 363–453. doi:10.1163/9789004188273_017.
- ^ 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)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 83: 209–219.
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