Genus Orthoporus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Desert Millipede (Orthoporus ornatus)? - Orthoporus ornatus

Brewster County Texas Milliped - Orthoporus ornatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Spirostreptida

Family Spirostreptidae

Genus Orthoporus

Numbers

Three species occur in states adjacent to Mexico. (1)

Scores of species are recognized, but only 4 are known to occur within the US. (Dr Rowland Shelley)

Range

Orthoporus is a very large, speciose genus that ranges from Oklahoma & Arizona, USA, southward to Argentina; it also occurs on Caribbean Islands. (Dr Rowland Shelley)

Remarks

In the southwestern US millipedes of the genus Orthoporus often congregate in large numbers. (1)

Internet References

Species List

Works Cited

1.	Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 16 April, 2005 - 7:18pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 6 March, 2007 - 9:23pm

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