Millipedes of Australia


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Chordeumatida
Polydesmida
Polyxenida
Polyzoniida
Siphonophorida
Sphaerotheriida
Spirobolida
Spirostreptida
 
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species



Order
Polyxenida


Family
Lophoproctidae
 
Genus
Lophoturus


Family
Polyxenidae
 
Genus
Propolyxenus
Unixenus


Family
Synxenidae
 
Genus
Phryssonotus


Polyxenida: Lophoproctidae 

One Australian genus:


Lophoturus Brolemann, 1931
  Lophoturus
    Lophoturus Brolemann 1931: 304. (Introduced as subgenus of Lophoproctus.)
    Lophoturus Jeekel 1971: 3. (In genus catalogue.)
    Lophoturus Condé & Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 1977: 911. (Lophoturus raised to genus.)
    Lophoturus Condé 1979: 606. (Mention in text.)
    Lophoturus Hoffman 1980: 54. (In genus catalogue.)
    Lophoturus Ishii et al. 1999: 252. (In genus key.)
    Lophoturus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 98. (In Polyxenida catalogue.)
  Alloproctinus Jeekel, 1963
    Alloproctus Silvestri 1948b: 217. (Introduced in genus key to Lophoproctidae.)
    Alloproctinus Jeekel 1963: 156. (Alloproctinus introduced as nomen novum to replace Alloproctus, a junior homonym of Alloproctus Bergroth, 1924 (Hemiptera).)
    Alloproctinus Jeekel 1971: 1. (In genus catalogue.)
    Alloproctinus Condé & Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 1977: 911. (Synonymised with Lophoturus.)
    Alloproctinus Hoffman 1980: 54. (In genus catalogue, as synonym of Lophoturus.)
    Alloproctinus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 98. (In Polyxenida catalogue, as synonym of Lophoturus.)
    [Type species: Alloproctus guineensis Silvestri, 1948, by original designation. (Guinea)]
  Oroxenus Chamberlin, 1955
    Oroxenus Chamberlin 1955: 47. (First description.)
    Oroxenus Jeekel 1971: 4. (In genus catalogue.)
    Oroxenus Condé 1980: 49. (Synonymised with Lophoturus.) From secondary source, reference not yet checked
    Oroxenus Hoffman 1980: 55. (In genus catalogue, as unplaced genus.)
    Oroxenus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 98. (In Polyxenida catalogue, as synonym of Lophoturus.)
    [Type species: Oroxenus quebradanus Chamberlin, 1955, by original designation. (Peru)]

Type species. Lophoproctus (Lophoturus) obscurus Brolemann, 1931, by original designation. (Loyalty Is.)
Distribution. Qld; PNG, New Caledonia; other Regions.
Included species.
    Lophoturus queenslandicus (Verhoeff, 1924) [Qld; PNG]
    and more than 20 non-Australian species (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003)