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Doratogonus

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Doratogonus is a genus of millipedes in family Spirostreptidae. They are relatively large, at long, relatively common, and distributed across Southern Africa. Many of the species are listed on the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassDiplopoda
  4. OrderSpirostreptida
  5. FamilySpirostreptidae

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Specimen records
14
Family
Spirostreptidae
Collections
SAM, MCZ, ZMUC
Recorded in
South Africa, Mozambique, Somalia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

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Doratogonus is a genus of millipedes in family Spirostreptidae. They are relatively large, at long, relatively common, and distributed across Southern Africa. Many of the species are listed on the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction.

==Species== CR: critically endangered; EN: endangered; VU: vulnerable; LC: least concern; DD: data deficient. {|class="wikitable sortable" ! Species !! Authority !! Year !! Common name !! IUCN status !! Distribution |- | Doratogonus annulipes || || 1917 || || || , |- | Doratogonus avius || || 2000 || solitary black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus barbatus || || 2000 || bearded black millipede || || (Limpopo, Mpumalanga) |- | Doratogonus bilobatus || || 1966 || || || (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga) |- | Doratogonus castaneus || || 1928 || || || , |- | Doratogonus circulus || || 1914 || || || (Eastern Cape) |- | Doratogonus cristulatus || || 1872 || || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus falcatus || || 1928 || || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus flavifilis || || 1855 || || || , |- | Doratogonus furculifer || || 1965 || Badplaas black millipede || || (Mpumalanga) |- | Doratogonus herberti || || 2000 || Herbert's black millipede || || (Limpopo) |- | Doratogonus hoffmani || || 2000 || Hoffman's black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus infragilis || || 2000 || strong black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus krausi || || 1965 || || || (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga) |- | Doratogonus levigatus || || 1928 || || || (Gauteng, North West) |- | Doratogonus liberatus || || 2000 || || || (Free State) |- | Doratogonus major || || 1965 || major black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus meridionalis || || 2000 || southern black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus minor || || 2000 || minor black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus montanus || || 2000 || || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus natalensis || || 2000 || Natal black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus praealtus || || 2000 || || || , |- | Doratogonus precarius || || 2000 || precarious black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga) |- | Doratogonus rubipodus || || 2000 || ruby-legged black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus rugifrons || || 1922 || || || , , , |- | Doratogonus septentrionalis || || 2000 || northern black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus stephensi || || 2000 || || || , , |- | Doratogonus subpartitus || || 1881 || || || (Gauteng) |- | Doratogonus transvaalensis || || 1966 || || 20px|DD || (Limpopo) |- | Doratogonus xanthopus || || 1928 || || || (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal) |- | Doratogonus zuluensis || || 2000 || Zululand black millipede || || (KwaZulu-Natal) |}

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