''Anethoporus'' is a genus of
spirostreptid
Spirostreptidae is a family of millipedes in the order Spirostreptida. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and Seychelles. It contains the following g ...
millipede
Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a re ...
s native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, small ...
. The genus and
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...
, ''A. clarki'', was established by
Ralph V. Chamberlin in 1918.
Species
''Anethoporus'' contains eight species, some previously assigned to other genera.
*''Anethoporus clarki'' Chamberlin, 1918 - Trinidad and Tobago
*''Anethoporus gracilior'' Chamberlin, 1918 - Trinidad and Tobago
*''Anethoporus gracilis'' (
Verhoeff, 1941) - Peru
*''Anethoporus guayrensis'' (
Silvestri, 1896) - Venezuela
*''Anethoporus leviceps'' (
Attems
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, 1950) - Venezuela
*''Anethoporus ornatus'' (Verhoeff, 1941) - Venezuela
*''Anethoporus schalleri'' (Kraus, 1960) - Peru
*''Anethoporus silvaticus'' (Verhoeff, 1941) - Peru
References
Spirostreptida
Millipedes of South America
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