Lophoturus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the family Lophoproctidae. Species described after year 2000 include two from Queensland, Australia, three from Christmas Island, Australia, and three from the Caribbean and northern South America.
Species There are approximately 27 species: Lophoturus adisi Ishii, Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy & Condé, 1999 Lophoturus aequatus (Loomis, 1936) Lophoturus anisorhabdus (Condé & Terver, 1964) Lophoturus boondallus Huynh & Veenstra, 2018 Lophoturus crassipes Conde & Terver, 1979 Lophoturus danhomenou (Brölemann, 1926) Lophoturus difficilis (Condé & Jacquemin, 1963) Lophoturus drifti (Condé & Terver, 1964) Lophoturus fluctuans (Condé & Terver, 1964) Lophoturus guineensis (Silvestri, 1948) Lophoturus hesperius (Condè & Terver, 1963) Lophoturus humphreysi Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014 Lophoturus jianshuiensis Ishii & Yin, 2000 Lophoturus judsoni Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002 Lophoturus longisetis (Pocock, 1894) Lophoturus madecassus (Marquet & Condé, 1950) Lophoturus molloyensis Huynh & Veenstra, 2018 Lophoturus monserratensis Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002 Lophoturus niveus (Loomis, 1934) Lophoturus obscurus (Brölemann, 1931) Lophoturus okinawai (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1982) Lophoturus peruanus (Silvestri, 1949) Lophoturus quebradanus (Chamberlin, 1955) Lophoturus queenslandicus (Verhoeff, 1924) Lophoturus speophilus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014 Lophoturus sturmi Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002 Lophoturus vicarius Conde & Terver, 1979
References
External links Reproduction, egg morphology and development observed in two Australian penicillate millipedes, Lophoturus queenslandicus (Lophoproctidae) and Phryssonotus novaehollandiae (Synxenidae) (Diplopoda)