Orthoporus | |
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Orthoporus sp. in New Mexico | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Spirostreptida |
Family: | Spirostreptidae |
Genus: |
Orthoporus Silvestri, 1897 |
Type species | |
Orthoporus diaporoides Silvestri, 1897 |
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Synonyms | |
Diaporus Silvestri, 1897 |
Diaporus Silvestri, 1897
Scaphiostreptus Brolemann, 1902
Gymnostreptus (Trinidadius) Verhoeff, 1941
Orthoporus is a genus of spirostreptid millipedes, containing around 80 species, distributed from the southern United States to Brazil and Argentina.