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Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, Australia.
Zookeys. 2015 Jun 30(510):209-22. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.510.8668. eCollection 2015.
The geographic distribution of the genus Lophoproctus Pocock, 1894 has greatly expanded with new records of the species Lophoproctuscoecus Pocock, 1894, together with the reassignment of a number of millipedes formerly identified as Lophoproctuslucidus (Chalande, 1888). Lophoproctuscoecus was found to be the sole representative of the family Lophoproctidae in collections examined from Crimea and the Caucasian region. The species was also identified from Iran and Kyrgyzstan. Lophoproctus specimens collected in Italy by Verhoeff were reassigned as Lophoproctuscoecus with the exception of one specimen of Lophoproctusjeanneli (Brölemann, 1910) from Capri. These data were combined with all available information from the literature to look at the pattern of distribution of the four species in the genus. The range of the genus Lophoproctus extends from Portugal to Central Asia. Lophoproctuscoecus is widespread from Italy eastward, while the morphologically very similar species Lophoproctuslucidus is confined to France and northern Africa. The two species have a narrow overlap in the Alpes Maritimes region of France. Lophoproctusjeanneli has a scattered coastal distribution around the Mediterranean Sea. The troglobitic species Lophoproctuspagesi (Condé, 1982) has only been recorded from a cave on Majorca, Spain.
1894年波科克（Pocock）所描述的盲管马陆属（Lophoproctus）的地理分布范围因1894年的盲管马陆（Lophoproctus coecus Pocock）新记录以及一些先前被鉴定为亮盲管马陆（Lophoproctus lucidus (Chalande, 1888)）的千足虫重新分类而大大扩展。在从克里米亚和高加索地区检查的标本中，盲管马陆被发现是盲管马陆科的唯一代表。该物种在伊朗和吉尔吉斯斯坦也有发现。韦尔霍夫（Verhoeff）在意大利采集的盲管马陆标本除了来自卡普里岛的1个让内利盲管马陆（Lophoproctus jeanneli (Brölemann, 1910)）标本外，都被重新归类为盲管马陆。这些数据与文献中所有可用信息相结合，以研究该属四个物种的分布模式。盲管马陆属的分布范围从葡萄牙延伸至中亚。盲管马陆从意大利向东广泛分布，而形态上非常相似的亮盲管马陆则局限于法国和北非。这两个物种在法国滨海阿尔卑斯地区有狭窄的重叠分布。让内利盲管马陆在地中海沿岸呈零散分布。洞穴种帕热斯盲管马陆（Lophoproctus pagesi (Condé, 1982)）仅在西班牙马略卡岛的一个洞穴中被记录到。
