Lophoturus madecassus
{{Short description|Species of millipede}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Lophoturus
| species = madecassus
| authority = (Marquet & Condé, 1950)
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Lophoturus madecassus is a species of bristle millipede in the family Lophoproctidae. Adults in this species, unlike those in all other species in this family, have only 11 pairs of legs rather than the typical 13 pairs of legs.{{Cite journal|last=Enghoff|first=Henrik|last2=Golovatch|first2=Sergei|last3=Short|first3=Megan|last4=Stoev|first4=Pavel|last5=Wesener|first5=Thomas|date=2015-01-01|title=Diplopoda — taxonomic overview|url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004188273/B9789004188273_017.xml|journal=Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2|language=en|pages=363–453|doi=10.1163/9789004188273_017|url-access=subscription}}
References
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{{Cite web| title=Lophoturus madecassus Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=569538
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-25
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{{Cite web| title=Lophoturus madecassus
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1011901
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-25
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{{Cite web| title=Lophoturus madecassus species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1441088
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-25
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{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2019-07-02
| title = The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals
| last1 = Shelley | first1 = R. M.
| publisher = University of Tennessee
| url = https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Nadiplochilo/Nadiplochilo.aspx
}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| title = Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America
| date = 1999
| last1 = Hoffman | first1 = Richard L.
| series = Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications| volume = 8
| isbn = 9781884549120
}}
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Category:Animals described in 1950
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