Genus Lophoturus Brolemann, 1931

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• Lophoturus Brolemann, H.W. 1931. Myriapodes recueillis par Madame Pruvot en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux Loyalty. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 72: 275-316 [304] [first introduced as a subgenus of Lophoproctus Brolemann, 1931; raised to genus in Condé, B. & Duy-Jacquemin, M.N. 1977. De l'utilisation nouvelle du nom de genre Lophoturus Brölemann (Diplopodes, Pénicillates). Zoologie 334. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 3 477: 909-915 [911]].

  Type species:

   Lophoproctus (Lophoturus) obscurus Brolemann, 1931 by original designation (Loyalty Is.).
• Alloproctus Silvestri, F. 1948. Tavola sinottica dei generi dei Diplopoda Penicillata. Bollettino del Real Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria di Portici 8: 214-220 [217].

  Secondary source:

   Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. & Geoffroy, J.-J. 2003. A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world (Diplopoda, Polyxenida). African Invertebrates 44: 89-101 [98].
• Oroxenus Chamberlin, R.V. 1955. New millipeds from Peru and adjacent parts. Bulletin of the University of Utah. Biological Series 11: 1-47 [47].

  Secondary source:

   Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. & Geoffroy, J.-J. 2003. A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world (Diplopoda, Polyxenida). African Invertebrates 44: 89-101 [98].
• Alloproctinus Jeekel, C.A.W. 1963. Alloproctinus nom. nov. (Diplopoda, Pollyxenida). Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 23: 156 [156] [replacement name].

  Secondary source:

   Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. & Geoffroy, J.-J. 2003. A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world (Diplopoda, Polyxenida). African Invertebrates 44: 89-101 [98].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Condé, B. & Duy-Jacquemin, M.N. 1977. De l'utilisation nouvelle du nom de genre Lophoturus Brölemann (Diplopodes, Pénicillates). Zoologie 334. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 3 477: 909-915 [911] (Alloproctinus (replacement name for the preoccupied Alloproctus) recognised to be junior synonym of Lophoturus)
• Condé, B. 1980. Identité du genre Oroxenus Chamberlin (Polyxenida: Lophoproctidae). Myriapodologica 1(6): 47-49 [49] (Oroxenus recognised to be junior synonym of Lophoturus)

Introduction

A genus with more than 25 species (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Geoffroy 2003), one of which is found in Australia.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Qld, WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, M. & Geoffroy, J.-J. 2003. A revised comprehensive checklist, relational database, and taxonomic system of reference for the bristly millipedes of the world (Diplopoda, Polyxenida). African Invertebrates 44: 89-101

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