(ofJulus ornatus Girard, 1853)Girard, C. (1869). Myriapods. <em>In: Marcy, Randolph Barnes: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852, by Randolph B. Marcy, assisted by George B. McClellan.</em> 243-246. page(s): 274 [details]
original description(ofOrthoporus arizonicus Loomis, 1953)Loomis, H. F. (1953). New millipeds of the western States and Lower California. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 43: 417-422 page(s): 418 [details]
original description(ofOrthoporus crotonus Chamberlin, 1952)Chamberlin, R. V. (1952). Further records and descriptions of American millipeds. Great Basin Naturalist, 12: 13-34. Provo page(s): 24 [details]
original description(ofOrthoporus punctilliger Chamberlin, 1923)Chamberlin, R. V. (1923). XVIII. Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Gulf of California in 1921. On chilopods and diplopods from islands in the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, 4th series, 12(18): 389-407. San Francisco page(s): 405-406, figs. 41-43 [details]
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original description(ofOrthoporus vallicolens Chamberlin, 1943)Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). Some records and descriptions of American diplopods. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 56: 143-151. Washington D.C. page(s): 149, fig. 15 [details]
original description(ofOrthoporus wichitanus Chamberlin, 1931)Chamberlin, R. V. (1931). On a collection of Chilopoda and Diplopoda from Oklahoma. <em>Ent. News.</em> 42(4): 97-104. page(s): 99, pl. 2, fig. 2 [details]
original description(ofOrthoporus torreonus Chamberlin, 1943)Chamberlin, R. V. (1943). On Mexican Millipeds. Bulletin of the University of Utah, Biological series, 8(3): 1-103 page(s): 16-17, pl. 2, fig. 18 [details]
original description(ofSpirobolus miles Chamberlin, 1918)Chamberlin, R. V. (1918). Four New Western Diplopods. J. Ent. Zool. Claremont Cal., 10(1): 9-11 page(s): 11 [details]
original description(ofJulus ornatus Girard, 1853)Girard, C. (1869). Myriapods. <em>In: Marcy, Randolph Barnes: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852, by Randolph B. Marcy, assisted by George B. McClellan.</em> 243-246. page(s): 274 [details]
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additional sourceCrawford, C. S. (1979). A year in the life of Orthoporus ornatus, a desert millipede. In: Linn, R.M. [Ed.]. Proceedings of the first conference on scientific research in the National Parks, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 9-12, 1976. Volume 1. National Park Service[details]
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new combination referenceCausey, N. B. (1954). Three new species and new records of southern millipeds. Tulane studies in zoology, 2(4): 63-68. New Orleans page(s): 67, fig. 10; note: Orthoporus ornatus [details]
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