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Orthoporus
Orthoporus sp. in New Mexico
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Orthoporus

Silvestri, 1897
Type species
Orthoporus diaporoides
Silvestri, 1897
Synonyms

Diaporus Silvestri, 1897
Scaphiostreptus Brolemann, 1902
Gymnostreptus (Trinidadius) Verhoeff, 1941

Orthoporus is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes, containing around 80 species, distributed from the southern United States to Brazil and Argentina.[1][2]: 119–29 

References

  1. ^ "Orthoporus" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  2. ^ Hoffman, R. L. (1999). "Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America". Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications. 8: 1–553.