Lusitanipus

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Lusitanipus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Callipodida
Family: Dorypetalidae
Subfamily: Cyphocallipodinae
Genus: Lusitanipus
Mauriès, 1978
Species

2, see text

Lusitanipus is a genus of millipedes in the family Dorypetalidae. [1] The genus is endemic to the Iberian peninsula; L. alternans is endemic to Portugal and L. xanin is only known from Spain. [2] [3] It was believed to be a monotypic genus until the 2020 discovery of L. xanin. [3]

Species

There are currently two species in the genus: [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ficha Taxon - IBERFAUNA". iberfauna.mncn.csic.es. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  2. ↑ Reboleira, Ana Sofia P.S.; Enghoff, Henrik (2015-05-19). "Redescription of Lusitanipus alternans (Verhoeff, 1893) (Diplopoda, Callipoda, Dorypetalidae) and ecological data on its Laboulbeniales ectoparasites in caves" . Zootaxa. 3957 (5): 567–576. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3957.5.5. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   26249096.
  3. 1 2 3 Gilgado, José Domingo; Martínez-Pillado, Virginia; Prieto, Carlos E. (2020-09-08). "A new green-coloured Lusitanipus Mauriès, 1978 from the Iberian Peninsula (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Dorypetalidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (714). doi: 10.5852/ejt.2020.714 . ISSN   2118-9773.


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