Lophoproctidae

Lophoproctidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Subclass:	Penicillata
Order:	Polyxenida
Family:	Lophoproctidae; Silvestri, 1897

Lophoproctidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyxenida containing approximately 65 species in 6 genera.^[1]

Description[]

Lophoproctus coecus from Krasnodar Province, Russia. Scale bars = 1 mm.

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] Adults have 13 pairs of legs with internal leg buds,^[4] except for those in one species (Lophoturus madecassus), in which they have only 11 pairs of legs.^[5]

Genera[]

As of 2017, the family contains the following genera:^[1]

Marquet & Condé 1950
Schubart 1947
Silvestri 1948
Pocock 1894
Lophoturus Brölemann 1931
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.
^ Car, Catherine A.; Short, Megan; Huynh, Cuong; Harvey, Mark S. (2013). "The Millipedes of Barrow Island, Western Australia (Diplopoda)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 83: 209–219.

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[MilliBase-1] Sierwald, P. "Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897. In: Sierwald, P. MilliBase (2017)". MilliBase, 12th January 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] Melic, Antonio (2015). "Introducción a la Clase Diplopoda". Ibero Diversidad Entomológica @ccesible (Revista IDE@-SEA). 23: 1–18.

[5] Car, Catherine A.; Short, Megan; Huynh, Cuong; Harvey, Mark S. (2013). "The Millipedes of Barrow Island, Western Australia (Diplopoda)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 83: 209–219.

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