Millipedes of Australia


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Chordeumatida
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Order
Polyxenida


Family
Lophoproctidae
 
Genus
Lophoturus


Family
Polyxenidae
 
Genus
Propolyxenus
Unixenus


Family
Synxenidae
 
Genus
Phryssonotus


Polyxenida: Lophoproctidae:
Lophoturus spp.

Go to Lophoturus synonymy on Lophoproctidae introduction page.


 

Lophoturus queenslandicus (Verhoeff, 1924)
  Lophoproctus queenslandicus Verhoeff 1924: 39. (First description.)
  Lophoproctus (Lophoturus) queenslandicus Brolemann 1931: 304. (Mention in description of Lophoproctus obscurus.)
  Lophoturus queenslandicus Condé 1979: 606 (designates lectotype),
    608 (redescription, new combination),
    unnumbered fig., p. 607.
  Lophoturus queenslandicus Jeekel 1981: 22. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Lophoturus queenslandicus Condé & Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 1984: 52. (Notes on specimen from PNG; see Other records, below.)
  Lophoturus queenslandicus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003: 98. (In Polyxenida catalogue.)

Lectotype. Female adult.
Locality. Cedar Creek, Qld (see Note below).
Collector, date. Collected during Dr E. Mjöberg's Australia expeditions, 1910-1913.
Deposited. NHRM as slide mount (Condé 1979: 606).
Other types. In GMNH: male adult paralectotype, details as for lectotype (Condé 1979: 606).
    In NHRM: 3 male, 6 female, 10 juvenile paralectotypes, details as for lectotype (Condé 1979: 606).
    In ZSM: female? adult paralectotype, details as for lectotype (Condé 1979: 606).
    In ZMB: syntype, 'Queensland'; ZMB 5728 (Moritz & Fischer 1973: 352).
Other records. Condé & Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin (1984: 52) record 1 female adult and 1 juvenile from Rauna Falls near Port Moresby, PNG in GMNH.
Note. Ferrier (2006: 6) identifies Cedar Creek as the present-day Ravenshoe area.