Spirostreptidae is a

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Spirostreptida Spirostreptida is an order of long, cylindrical millipedes. There are approximately 1000 described species, making Spirostreptida the third largest order of millipedes after Polydesmida and Chordeumatida. Description Spirostreptida are generall ...

. It contains around 100 genera distributed in North and South America, the eastern Mediterranean, continental Africa, Madagascar, and

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. It contains the following genera: *'' Analocostreptus'' *'' Anastreptus'' *'' Anethoporus'' *'' Archispirostreptus'' *'' Attemsostreptus'' *'' Aulonopygus'' *'' Autostreptus'' *'' Bicoxidens'' *'' Brasilostreptus'' *'' Brevitibius'' *'' Bucinogonus'' *'' Calathostreptus'' *'' Calostreptus'' *'' Camaricoproctus'' *'' Cearostreptus'' *'' Chamberlineptus'' *'' Charactopygus'' *'' Choristostreptus'' *'' Cladodeptus'' *'' Cladostreptus'' *'' Cochleostreptus'' *'' Cochliogonus'' *'' Collostreptus'' *'' Conchostreptus'' *'' Demangeptus'' *'' Diaporus'' *'' Dicyclostreptus'' *'' Eiphorus'' *'' Ellateptus'' *'' Epistreptus'' *'' Eumekius'' *'' Exallostreptus'' *'' Exospermastix'' *'' Exospermitius'' *'' Furcillogonus'' *'' Globanus'' *'' Gonepityche'' *'' Graphidostreptus'' *'' Guanabarastreptus'' *'' Guanabarostreptus'' *'' Guaporeptus'' *'' Guviogonus'' *'' Guyanostreptus'' *'' Gymnostreptus'' *'' Haplogonopus'' *'' Helicogonus'' *'' Helicosolenus'' *'' Hemigymnostreptus'' *'' Heteropyge'' *'' Heterostreptus'' *'' Humilistreptus'' *'' Involverostreptus'' *'' Ischiotrichus'' *'' Isophyllostreptus'' *'' Isoporostreptus'' *'' Kartinikus'' *'' Kochliogonopus'' *'' Kochliogonus'' *'' Krugerostreptus'' *'' Lobogonus'' *'' Lophogonus'' *'' Lophostreptus'' *'' Mardonius'' *'' Mayastreptus'' *'' Megagymnostreptus'' *'' Megaskamma'' *'' Metagonocoelius'' *'' Metriostreptus'' *'' Microtrullius'' *'' Minasgonus'' *'' Myostreptus'' *'' Nanostreptus'' *'' Nesostreptus'' *'' Obelostreptus'' *'' Odontostreptus'' *'' Onychostreptus'' *'' Ophistreptoides'' *'' Ophistreptus'' *'' Oreastreptus'' *'' Orthogoneptus'' *'' Orthoporoides'' *''

Orthoporus ''Orthoporus'' is a genus of Spirostreptidae, spirostreptid millipedes, containing around 80 species, distributed from the southern United States to Brazil and Argentina. * ''Orthoporus absconsus'' Chamberlin, 1922 * ''Orthoporus acanthethus'' C ...

'' *'' Paulistostreptus'' *'' Pemptoporus'' *'' Perizonopus'' *'' Perustreptus'' *'' Phallorthus'' *'' Plagiotaphrus'' *'' Plusioporus'' *'' Porostreptus'' *'' Pseudogymnostreptus'' *'' Pseudotibiozus'' *'' Ptenogonostreptus'' *'' Ptilostreptus'' *'' Rhamphostreptus'' *'' Rhapidostreptus'' *'' Rhodesiostreptus'' *'' Rondostreptus'' *'' Rubanostreptus'' *'' Rutabulogonus'' *'' Sagmatostreptus'' *'' Scaphiostreptus'' *'' Sechelleptus'' *'' Skytostreptus'' *'' Sooretama'' *'' Sphaeromerus'' *'' Spirocyclistus'' *'' Spiropoeus'' *'' Spirostreptus'' *'' Stenostreptus'' *'' Streptolus'' *'' Synophryostreptus'' *'' Telodeinopus'' *'' Telomicropus'' *'' Termatodiscus'' *'' Tibiozus'' *'' Tomogonus'' *'' Torynopus'' *'' Trachystreptus'' *'' Triaenostreptus'' *'' Trichogonostreptus'' *'' Tropitrachelus'' *'' Tubostreptus'' *'' Udzungwastreptus'' *'' Urostreptus'' *'' Urotropis'' *'' Venezueneptus'' *'' Vilcastreptus'' *'' Zantekius''

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