Genus Orthoporus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Female Millipede - Orthoporus texicolens - female

a very beautiful millipede - Orthoporus ornatus

Millipede found near the US-Mexico border - Orthoporus

Orthoporus sp. - O. ornatus or O. texicolens? - Orthoporus

Mountaintop millipede - Orthoporus ornatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)

Class Diplopoda (Millipedes)

Order Spirostreptida

Family Spirostreptidae

Genus Orthoporus

Explanation of Names

Orthoporus Silvestri 1897

Numbers

3‒4 spp. in our area(1)(Rowland Shelley), 114 spp. total(2)

Range

OK‒AZ to Argentina; Caribbean Islands. ‒Rowland Shelley

Remarks

often congregate in large numbers in sw.US(1)

Internet References

US species list where several synonymized taxa are threated as species

Works Cited

1.	Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky. 2001. St. Martin's Press.

2.	Sierwald P., Spelda J. (2023) MilliBase

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 16 April, 2005 - 7:18pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2023 - 6:47pm

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