''Lophoturus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of millipedes belonging to the family

Lophoproctidae Lophoproctidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyxenida containing approximately 65 species in 6 genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viru ...

. Species described after year 2000 include two from Queensland, Australia, three from Christmas Island, Australia, and three from the Caribbean and northern South America.

Species

There are approximately 27 species: *'' Lophoturus adisi'' Ishii, Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy & Condé, 1999 *'' Lophoturus aequatus'' (Loomis, 1936) *'' Lophoturus anisorhabdus'' (Condé & Terver, 1964) *'' Lophoturus boondallus'' Huynh & Veenstra, 2018 *'' Lophoturus crassipes'' Conde & Terver, 1979 *'' Lophoturus danhomenou'' (Brölemann, 1926) *'' Lophoturus difficilis'' (Condé & Jacquemin, 1963) *'' Lophoturus drifti'' (Condé & Terver, 1964) *'' Lophoturus fluctuans'' (Condé & Terver, 1964) *'' Lophoturus guineensis'' (Silvestri, 1948) *'' Lophoturus hesperius'' (Condè & Terver, 1963) *'' Lophoturus humphreysi'' Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014 *'' Lophoturus jianshuiensis'' Ishii & Yin, 2000 *'' Lophoturus judsoni'' Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002 *'' Lophoturus longisetis'' (Pocock, 1894) *'' Lophoturus madecassus'' (Marquet & Condé, 1950) *'' Lophoturus molloyensis'' Huynh & Veenstra, 2018 *'' Lophoturus monserratensis'' Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002 *'' Lophoturus niveus'' (Loomis, 1934) *'' Lophoturus obscurus'' (Brölemann, 1931) *'' Lophoturus okinawai'' (Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin & Condé, 1982) *'' Lophoturus peruanus'' (Silvestri, 1949) *'' Lophoturus quebradanus'' (Chamberlin, 1955) *'' Lophoturus queenslandicus'' (Verhoeff, 1924) *'' Lophoturus speophilus'' Nguyen Duy-Jacquemin 2014 *'' Lophoturus sturmi'' Jacquemin-Nguyen Duy, 2002 *'' Lophoturus vicarius'' Conde & Terver, 1979

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Reproduction, egg morphology and development observed in two Australian penicillate millipedes, ''Lophoturus queenslandicus'' (Lophoproctidae) and ''Phryssonotus novaehollandiae'' (Synxenidae) (Diplopoda)
{{Taxonbar, from=Q6450518 Polyxenida Millipede genera