Doratogonus
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Doratogonus is a genus of giant African millipedes in family Spirostreptidae.
[edit] Species
- This list is likely incomplete.
- Doratogonus annulipes Carl, 1917
- Doratogonus avius Hamer, 2000 - Solitary black millipede
- Doratogonus barbatus Hamer, 2000 - Bearded black millipede
- Doratogonus bilobatus (Schubart, 1966)
- Doratogonus castaneus (Attems, 1928)
- Doratogonus circulus (Attems, 1914)
- Doratogonus cristulatus (Porat, 1872)
- Doratogonus falcatus (Attems, 1928)
- Doratogonus flavifilis (Peters, 1855)
- Doratogonus furculifer (Lawrence, 1965) - Badplaas black millipede
- Doratogonus herberti Hamer, 2000 - Herbert's black millipede
- Doratogonus hoffmani Hamer, 2000 - Hoffman's black millipede
- Doratogonus infragilis Hamer, 2000 - Strong black millipede
- Doratogonus krausi (Lawrence, 1965)
- Doratogonus levigatus (Attems, 1928)
- Doratogonus liberatus Hamer, 2000
- Doratogonus major (Lawrence, 1965) - Major black millipede
- Doratogonus meridionalis Hamer, 2000 - Southern black millipede
- Doratogonus minor Hamer, 2000 - Minor black millipede
- Doratogonus montanus Hamer, 2000
- Doratogonus natalensis Hamer, 2000 - Natal black millipede
- Doratogonus praealtus Hamer, 2000
- Doratogonus precarius Hamer, 2000 - Precarious black millipede
- Doratogonus rubipodus Hamer, 2000 - Ruby-legged black millipede
- Doratogonus rugifrons (Attems, 1922)
- Doratogonus septentrionalis - Northern black millipede
- Doratogonus stephensi Hamer, 2000
- Doratogonus subpartitus (Karsch, 1881)
- Doratogonus transvaalensis (Schubart, 1966)
- Doratogonus xanthopus (Attems, 1928)
- Doratogonus zuluensis Hamer, 2000 - Zululand black millipede
[edit] References
- IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 August 2007. Doratogonus
[edit] Further reading
- Hamer, M.L. (2000). Review of the millipede genus Doratogonus, with descriptions of fifteen new species from Southern Africa (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). Ann. Natal Mus. 41: 1-76.
- Hamer, M.L. and Slotow, R.H. (2000). Patterns of distribution and speciation in the genus Doratogonus (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae). In: J. Wytwer & S.I. Golovatch (eds) Progress in studies on Myriapoda and Onychophora. Fragmenta Faunistica Supplementum 43: 295–311.
- Hamer, M.L. and Slotow, R.H. (2002). Conservation application of existing data for South African millipedes (Diplopoda). African Entomology 10(1): 29–42.
