Lophoturus Brolemann, 1931

Wang, Yadong, Jin, Ai, Gao, Shichen, Wang, Jiajia & Dong, Yan, 2025, Descriptions of four species of Polyxenida Verhoeff, 1934 (Diplopoda, Penicillata) from China, including one new species and one new record, ZooKeys 1223, pp. 149-167 : 149-167

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.135808

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9E32E39D-D4CA-443B-9CCC-C35496605039

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14606792

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scientific name

Lophoturus Brolemann, 1931
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Genus Lophoturus Brolemann, 1931

Type species.

Lophoturus obscurus Brolemann, 1931 .

Genus diagnosis.

Ommatidia absent. Antennal segment VIII is equal to segment VII. It is characterized by 0 to 4 pairs of linguiform processes on each side of median cleft of labrum and antennal article VI with 3 thick sensilla ( Ishii et al. 1999).

Included species.

Lophoturus adisi Ishii, Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1999 , L. aequatus (Loomis, 1936) , L. anisorhabdus (Condé & Terver, 1964) , L. boondallus Huynh & Veenstra, 2018 , L. crassipes Condé & Terver, 1979 , L. danhomenou (Brolemann, 1926) , L. difficilis (Condé & Jacquemin, 1963) , L. drifti (Condé & Terver, 1964) , L. fluctuans (Condé & Terver, 1964) , L. guineensis ( Silvestri, 1948) , L. hesperius (Condé & Terver, 1963) , L. humphreysi Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 2014 , L. jianshuiensis Ishii & Yin, 2000 , L. judsoni Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 2002 , L. longisetis (Pocock, 1894) , L. scopiger Condé & Terver, 1979 , L. madecassus (Marquet & Condé, 1950) , L. monserratensis Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 2002 , L. molloyensis Huynh & Veenstra, 2018 , L. niveus (Loomis, 1934) , L. obscurus (Brolemann, 1931) , L. catalai (Condé & Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 1977) , L. O. kurtchevae Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1982, L. tongae (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1982) , L. okinawai (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1982) , L. peruanus (Silvestri, 1949) , L. quebradanus (Chamberlin, 1955) , L. porchi Huynh & Veenstra, 2020 , L. queenslandicus (Verhoeff, 1924) , L. speophilus Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 2014 , L. sturmi Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin, 2002 , L. sineprocessus sp. nov., L. vicarius Condé & Terver, 1979 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

SubClass

Penicillata

Order

Polyxenida

Family

Polyxenidae