MILLIPEDS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 5 



CHECKLIST 



Class DIPLOPODA 



KEY TO THE SUBCLASSES OF DIPLOPODA 



1. Body soft; segments few, 9 or 10, with dense tufts of peculiarly 

 shaped setae and a brush of very long setae in last segment; males 



without gonopods PSEL APHOGN ATH A 



Body usually well chitinized; segments 14 to very many; setae sim- 

 ple, if present, not in dense tufts or brushes; males with gono- 

 pods CHILOGNATHA 



Subclass PSEL APHOGN ATH A 



Order POLYXENIDA 

 KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF POLYXENIDA 



1. Eyes present; last antennal joint much smaller than 7th joint; seg- 

 ments with two transverse rows of bristles along posterior 



border POLYXENIDAE 



Eyes absent; last antennal joint approximating 7th joint in length; 

 segments with one transverse row of longer bristles along posterior 

 border .LOPHOPR OCTID AE 



Family LOPHOPROCTIDAE 



Genus ALLOPROCTINUS Jeekel 1963b, p. 156. 



Alloproctus Silvestri 1948b, p. 217, preoccupied. 



TYPE SPECIES: Alloproctus gulneensis Silvestri, by original desig- 

 nation. 

 Alloproctinus anisorhabdus Conde and Terver 1964, p. 19. 



TYPE: Conde Collection, Univ. of Nancy. 



TYPE LOCALITY: Guatemala. 



Genus LOPHOPROCTINUS Silvestri 1948b, p. 217. 



TYPE SPECIES: Lophoproctinus inferus Silvestri, by original desig- 

 nation. 

 Lophoproctinus diversunguis Silvestri 1949, p. 3. 



TYPE: Depository not known. 



TYPE LOCALITY: Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. 

 Lophoproctinus mexicanus Silvestri 1949, p. 1. 



TYPE: Depository not known. 



TYPE LOCALITY: Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. 



