Lophoproctidae

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Lophoproctidae
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Lophoproctus coecus
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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 43 species in 6 genera. [1]

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Description

Three Lophoturus species from Queensland, Australia: (A) L. queenslandicus, (B) L. boondallus, (C) L. molloyensis Lophoturus (10.3897-zookeys.741.21814) Figure 2.jpg
Three Lophoturus species from Queensland, Australia: (A) L. queenslandicus , (B) L. boondallus , (C) L. molloyensis

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 2025, the family contains the following genera: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "MilliBase - Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897". www.millibase.org. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Melic, Antonio (2015). "Introducción a la Clase Diplopoda". Ibero Diversidad Entomológica @ccesible (Revista IDE@-SEA). 23: 1–18.
  5. ↑ 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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