# Lophoturus

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{{Short description|Genus of millipedes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Lophoturus boondallus Huynh & Veenstra, 2018.jpg
| image_caption = ''Lophoturus boondallus'' 
| taxon = Lophoturus
| authority = Brölemann, 1931
| type_species = ''[Lophoturus obscurus](/source/Lophoturus_obscurus)''
| type_species_authority = Brölemann, 1931
| diversity = Approx. 27 species
}}

'''''Lophoturus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [millipede](/source/millipede)s belonging to the family [Lophoproctidae](/source/Lophoproctidae).<ref name=MilliBase>{{cite web |url=http://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=891944 |title=''Lophoturus'' Brölemann, 1931 |publisher=MilliBase taxon details|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref> Species described after year 2000 include two from Queensland, Australia,<ref name="Huynh and Veenstra 2018">{{cite journal |url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/21814/element/7/polyxenida/ |title=Two new ''Lophoturus'' species (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Lophoproctidae) from Queensland, Australia |journal=ZooKeys |pages=133–154 |accessdate=3 April 2018|doi=10.3897/zookeys.741.21814 |pmid=29706774 |year=2018 |last1=Huynh |first1=Cuong |last2=Veenstra |first2=Anneke A. |issue=741 |pmc=5904426 |doi-access=free }}</ref> three from Christmas Island, Australia,<ref name="Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014">{{cite journal |title=Two new species of ''Lophoturus'' (Diplopoda, Penicillata, Lophoproctidae) from caves in Christmas Island, Australia, including the second troglomorph in Penicillata |journal=Zoosystema |volume=36 |pages=29–39 |doi=10.5252/z2014n1a2 |year=2014 |last1=Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin |first1=Monique |s2cid=84884342 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/4539480 }}</ref> and three from the Caribbean and northern South America.<ref name="Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2002">{{cite journal |last1=Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin |first1=Monique |year=2002 |url=http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2002n2a11.pdf |title=New species and distribution of the genera ''Lophoturus'' and ''Ancistroxenus'' (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Penicillata) in the Caribbean and northern South America |journal=Zoosystema |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=451–470 }}</ref>

==Species==
There are approximately 27 species:<ref name=MilliBase/><ref name="Huynh and Veenstra 2018"/><ref name="Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014"/>
*''[Lophoturus adisi](/source/Lophoturus_adisi)'' <small>Ishii, Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy & Condé, 1999</small>
*''[Lophoturus aequatus](/source/Lophoturus_aequatus)'' <small>(Loomis, 1936)</small>
*''[Lophoturus anisorhabdus](/source/Lophoturus_anisorhabdus)'' <small>(Condé & Terver, 1964)</small>
*''[Lophoturus boondallus](/source/Lophoturus_boondallus)'' <small>Huynh & Veenstra, 2018</small>
*''[Lophoturus crassipes](/source/Lophoturus_crassipes)'' <small>Conde & Terver, 1979</small>
*''[Lophoturus danhomenou](/source/Lophoturus_danhomenou)'' <small>(Brölemann, 1926)</small>
*''[Lophoturus difficilis](/source/Lophoturus_difficilis)'' <small>(Condé & Jacquemin, 1963)</small>
*''[Lophoturus drifti](/source/Lophoturus_drifti)'' <small>(Condé & Terver, 1964)</small>
*''[Lophoturus fluctuans](/source/Lophoturus_fluctuans)'' <small>(Condé & Terver, 1964)</small>
*''[Lophoturus guineensis](/source/Lophoturus_guineensis)'' <small>(Silvestri, 1948)</small>
*''[Lophoturus hesperius](/source/Lophoturus_hesperius)'' <small>(Condè & Terver, 1963)</small>
*''[Lophoturus humphreysi](/source/Lophoturus_humphreysi)'' <small>Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014</small>
*''[Lophoturus jianshuiensis](/source/Lophoturus_jianshuiensis)'' <small>Ishii & Yin, 2000</small>
*''[Lophoturus judsoni](/source/Lophoturus_judsoni)'' <small>Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002</small>
*''[Lophoturus longisetis](/source/Lophoturus_longisetis)'' <small>(Pocock, 1894)</small>
*''[Lophoturus madecassus](/source/Lophoturus_madecassus)'' <small>(Marquet & Condé, 1950)</small>
*''[Lophoturus molloyensis](/source/Lophoturus_molloyensis)'' <small>Huynh & Veenstra, 2018</small>
*''[Lophoturus monserratensis](/source/Lophoturus_monserratensis)'' <small>Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002</small>
*''[Lophoturus niveus](/source/Lophoturus_niveus)'' <small>(Loomis, 1934)</small>
*''[Lophoturus obscurus](/source/Lophoturus_obscurus)'' <small>(Brölemann, 1931)</small>
*''[Lophoturus okinawai](/source/Lophoturus_okinawai)'' <small>(Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1982)</small>
*''[Lophoturus peruanus](/source/Lophoturus_peruanus)'' <small>(Silvestri, 1949)</small>
*''[Lophoturus quebradanus](/source/Lophoturus_quebradanus)'' <small>(Chamberlin, 1955)</small>
*''[Lophoturus queenslandicus](/source/Lophoturus_queenslandicus)'' <small>(Verhoeff, 1924)</small>
*''[Lophoturus speophilus](/source/Lophoturus_speophilus)'' <small>Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014</small>
*''[Lophoturus sturmi](/source/Lophoturus_sturmi)'' <small>Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002</small>
*''[Lophoturus vicarius](/source/Lophoturus_vicarius)'' <small>Conde & Terver, 1979</small>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://dro.deakin.edu.au/view/DU:30099213 Reproduction, egg morphology and development observed in two Australian penicillate millipedes, ''Lophoturus queenslandicus'' (Lophoproctidae) and ''Phryssonotus novaehollandiae'' (Synxenidae) (Diplopoda)]

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Category:Polyxenida
Category:Millipede genera

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