Doratogonus

Doratogonus is a genus of millipedes in family Spirostreptidae. They are relatively large, at 80–200 millimetres (3–8 in) long, relatively common, and distributed across Southern Africa.^[1] Many of the species are listed on the IUCN Red List due to habitat destruction.

Doratogonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Spirostreptida
Family:	Spirostreptidae
Genus:	Doratogonus Attems, 1914
Species
See text

Species

CR: critically endangered; EN: endangered; VU: vulnerable; LC: least concern; DD: data deficient.

Species	Authority	Year	Common name	IUCN status	Distribution
Doratogonus annulipes	Carl	1917		[2]	South Africa,  Lesotho
Doratogonus avius	Hamer	2000	solitary black millipede	[3]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus barbatus	Hamer	2000	bearded black millipede	[4]	South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus bilobatus	(Schubart)	1966		[5]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus castaneus	(Attems)	1928		[6]	South Africa,  Eswatini
Doratogonus circulus	(Attems)	1914		[7]	South Africa (Eastern Cape)
Doratogonus cristulatus	(Porat)	1872		[8]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus falcatus	(Attems)	1928		[9]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus flavifilis	(Peters)	1855		[10]	South Africa,  Mozambique
Doratogonus furculifer	(Lawrence)	1965	Badplaas black millipede	[11]	South Africa (Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus herberti	Hamer	2000	Herbert's black millipede	[12]	South Africa (Limpopo)
Doratogonus hoffmani	Hamer	2000	Hoffman's black millipede	[13]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus infragilis	Hamer	2000	strong black millipede	[14]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus krausi	(Lawrence)	1965		[15]	South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus levigatus	(Attems)	1928		[16]	South Africa (Gauteng, North West)
Doratogonus liberatus	Hamer	2000		[17]	South Africa (Free State)
Doratogonus major	(Lawrence)	1965	major black millipede	[18]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus meridionalis	Hamer	2000	southern black millipede	[19]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus minor	Hamer	2000	minor black millipede	[20]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus montanus	Hamer	2000		[21]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus natalensis	Hamer	2000	Natal black millipede	[22]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus praealtus	Hamer	2000		[23]	South Africa,  Eswatini
Doratogonus precarius	Hamer	2000	precarious black millipede	[24]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus rubipodus	Hamer	2000	ruby-legged black millipede	[25]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus rugifrons	(Attems)	1922		[26]	South Africa,  Botswana,  Namibia,  Zimbabwe
Doratogonus septentrionalis	Hamer	2000	northern black millipede	[27]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus stephensi	Hamer	2000		[28]	South Africa,  Botswana,  Zimbabwe
Doratogonus subpartitus	(Karsch)	1881		[29]	South Africa (Gauteng)
Doratogonus transvaalensis	(Schubart)	1966		[30]	South Africa (Limpopo)
Doratogonus xanthopus	(Attems)	1928		[31]	South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus zuluensis	Hamer	2000	Zululand black millipede	[32]	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)