Lophoproctidae Explained

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

Description

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 4.2 mm.^[3] Adults have 13 pairs of legs with internal leg buds,^[4] except for those in one species (Lophoturus madecassus), which have only 11 pairs of legs.^[5]

Genera

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

• Alloproctoides Marquet & Condé 1950
• Ancistroxenus Schubart 1947
• Lophoproctinus Silvestri 1948
• Lophoproctus Pocock 1894
• Lophoturus Brölemann 1931
• Plesioproctus Condé 1964

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sierwald. P. Lophoproctidae Silvestri, 1897. In: Sierwald, P. MilliBase (2017).. MilliBase, 12th January 2017. 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 . 2015-01-01 . Diplopoda — taxonomic overview . Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2 . en . 363–453 . 10.1163/9789004188273_017.
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). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 83. 209-219.