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Lophoproctus

Myriapoda - Polyxenida - Lophoproctidae

Taxonomy
Lophoproctus was named by Pocock (1894). It is extant. It is the type genus of Lophoproctidae.

It was assigned to Lophoproctidae by Santiago-Blay and Poinar (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Lophoproctus Pocock
1992Lophoproctus Santiago-Blay and Poinar p. 363

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
classMyriapoda()
—DignathaTiegs 1947
subclassDiplopodaGervais 1844
subclassPenicillataLatreille 1825
orderPolyxenidaLucas 1840
familyLophoproctidaeSilvestri 1897
genusLophoproctusPocock 1894

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lophoproctus Pocock 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available