Auturus

Auturus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Polydesmida
Family:	Euryuridae
Genus:	Auturus Chamberlin, 1942

Auturus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Euryuridae. There are about 11 described species in Auturus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Auturus:

• Auturus becki Chamberlin, 1951
• Auturus dixianus Chamberlin, 1942
• Auturus erythropygos (Brandt, 1839)
• Auturus evides (Bollman, 1887)
• Auturus florus Causey, 1950
• Auturus georgianus Chamberlin
• Auturus louisianus (Chamberlin, 1918)
• Auturus mcclurkini Causey, 1955
• Auturus mimetes Chamberlin, 1942
• Auturus phanus Chamberlin, 1942
• Auturus scotius Chamberlin, 1942

References

1. "Auturus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Auturus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Auturus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. Vol. 8. ISBN   9781884549120.
• Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R. Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. 81: 565–597. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-05-07.