Lophoproctidae
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| Lophoproctus coecus | |
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| Family: | Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897
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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 4.2mm;[3] they have 13 pairs of legs with internal leg buds.[4]
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
- ^ 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. "Diplopoda-Taxonomic Review". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda Vol. 2. pp. 363–544.
- ^ Melic, Antonio (2015). "Introducción a la Clase Diplopoda". Ibero Diversidad Entomológica @ccesible (Revista IDE@-SEA). 23: 1–18.
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