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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Spirostreptida
Family:	Spirostreptidae
Genus:	Doratogonus Attems, 1914
Species
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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. 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.

Species	Authority	Year	Common name	IUCN status	Distribution
Doratogonus annulipes	Carl Carl	1917		1. LC	South Africa,  Lesotho
Doratogonus avius	Hamer Hamer	2000	solitary black millipede	2. VU	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus barbatus	Hamer Hamer	2000	bearded black millipede	2. VU	South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus bilobatus	Schubart (Schubart)	1966		5. DD	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus castaneus	Attems (Attems)	1928		1. LC	South Africa,  Swaziland
Doratogonus circulus	Attems (Attems)	1914		5. DD	South Africa (Eastern Cape)
Doratogonus cristulatus	Porat (Porat)	1872		1. LC	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus falcatus	Attems (Attems)	1928		1. LC	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus flavifilis	Peters (Peters)	1855		1. LC	South Africa,  Mozambique
Doratogonus furculifer	Lawrence (Lawrence)	1965	Badplaas black millipede	3. EN	South Africa (Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus herberti	Hamer Hamer	2000	Herbert's black millipede	2. VU	South Africa (Limpopo)
Doratogonus hoffmani	Hamer Hamer	2000	Hoffman's black millipede	2. VU	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus infragilis	Hamer Hamer	2000	strong black millipede	3. EN	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus krausi	Lawrence (Lawrence)	1965		1. LC	South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus levigatus	Attems (Attems)	1928		1. LC	South Africa (Gauteng, North West)
Doratogonus liberatus	Hamer Hamer	2000		5. DD	South Africa (Free State)
Doratogonus major	Lawrence (Lawrence)	1965	major black millipede	4. CR	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus meridionalis	Hamer Hamer	2000	southern black millipede	2. VU	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus minor	Hamer Hamer	2000	minor black millipede	3. EN	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus montanus	Hamer Hamer	2000		1. LC	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus natalensis	Hamer Hamer	2000	Natal black millipede	2. VU	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus praealtus	Hamer Hamer	2000		5. DD	South Africa,  Swaziland
Doratogonus precarius	Hamer Hamer	2000	precarious black millipede	2. VU	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga)
Doratogonus rubipodus	Hamer Hamer	2000	ruby-legged black millipede	3. EN	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus rugifrons	Attems (Attems)	1922		1. LC	South Africa,  Botswana,  Namibia,  Zimbabwe
Doratogonus septentrionalis	Hamer Hamer	2000	northern black millipede	3. EN	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus stephensi	Hamer Hamer	2000		5. DD	South Africa,  Botswana,  Zimbabwe
Doratogonus subpartitus	Karsch (Karsch)	1881		5. DD	South Africa (Gauteng)
Doratogonus transvaalensis	Schubart (Schubart)	1966			South Africa (Limpopo)
Doratogonus xanthopus	Attems (Attems)	1928		1. LC	South Africa (Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal)
Doratogonus zuluensis	Hamer Hamer	2000	Zululand black millipede	3. EN	South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)