''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 gene ...
millipede
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s native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of
Trinidad and Tobago
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. The genus and
type species
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, ''A. clarki'', was established by
Ralph V. Chamberlin in 1918.
Species
''Anethoporus'' contains nine species, some previously assigned to other genera.
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Anethoporus abstemius
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 191 ...
'' (Karsch, 1881) - Cuba
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Anethoporus clarki
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 191 ...
'' (Chamberlin, 1918) - Trinidad and Tobago
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Anethoporus gracilior
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 191 ...
'' (Chamberlin, 1918) - Trinidad and Tobago
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Anethoporus gracilis
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 191 ...
'' (
Verhoeff, 1941) - Peru
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Anethoporus guayrensis
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 191 ...
'' (
Silvestri, 1896) - Venezuela
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Anethoporus leviceps
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 191 ...
'' (
Attems
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, 1950) - Venezuela
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Anethoporus ornatus
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 191 ...
'' (Verhoeff, 1941) - Venezuela
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Anethoporus schalleri
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Chamberlin in 191 ...
'' (Kraus, 1960) - Peru
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Anethoporus silvaticus
''Anethoporus'' is a genus of spirostreptidae, spirostreptid millipedes native to northern South America, where they range from Peru to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The genus and type species, ''A. clarki'', was established by Ralph V. Ch ...
'' (Verhoeff, 1941) - Peru
References
Spirostreptida
Millipedes of South America
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