Auturus

Auturus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Diplopoda
Order:Polydesmida
Family:Euryuridae
Genus:Auturus
Chamberlin, 1942

Auturus is a genus of flat-backed millipedes in the family Euryuridae. There are about five described species in Auturus.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species

These five species belong to the genus Auturus:

  • Auturus erythropygos (Brandt, 1839) i c g
  • Auturus evides (Bollman, 1887) i c g b
  • Auturus georgianus Chamberlin b
  • Auturus louisianus (Chamberlin, 1918) i c
  • Auturus mcclurkini Causey, 1955 i

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Auturus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Auturus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  3. 1 2 "Auturus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. 1 2 "Auturus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  5. ↑ Shelley, R.M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". Retrieved 2018-05-07.

Further reading

  • Brewer, M.S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J.E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLoS One. 7 (5). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. PMC 3352885.
  • Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R.Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review" (PDF). Soil Organisms. Citeseer. 81 (3): 565–597.
  • Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 9781884549120.
  • Minelli, Alessandro, ed. (2015). "Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2". Brill. ISBN 978-9004156128.
  • Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews. 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210.


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