Zephroniidae

Zephroniidae (sometimes misspelled "Zephronidae") is a family of giant pill millipedes in the taxonomic order Sphaerotheriida. They occur in southeast Asia from the Himalayas and China south and east to Sulawesi and to Australia, and also inhabit some Philippine islands.[1][2]

Zephroniidae
A zephroniid from Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Sphaerotheriida
Family:
Zephroniidae

Gray in Jones, 1843
Synonyms

Sphaeropoeidae

Genera in the family Zephroniidae:[3]

Bothrobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – monotypic, Borneo
Castanotherium Pocock, 1895 – 50 species, Indonesian Islands, Philippines
Castanotheroides Chamberlin, 1921 – 3 species, Philippines
Cryxus Leach, 1814 – monotypic, Asia
Cynotelopus Jeekel, 1986
Indosphaera Attems, 1935 – 2 species N. India, Myanmar
Kophosphaera Attems, 1935 – 5 species, N. India, Nepal
Leptoprotopus
Leptotelopus Silvestri, 1897 – monotypic, Myanmar
Prionobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – 8 species, Vietnam, SW China
Pulusphaera
Rajasphaera Attems, 1935 – monotypic, Borneo
Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – 4 species, Vietnam
Sphaeropoeus Brandt, 1833 – 22 species, N. India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo
Tigridosphaera Jeekel, 2000 – 4 species, Malayan Peninsula
Zephronia Gray, 1832 – 37 species N. India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo
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References
  1. Thomas Wesener & Didier van den Spiegel (2009). "A first phylogenetic analysis of giant pill millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism". Cladistics. 25 (6): 545–573. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x.
  2. Jeekel, C.A.W. (1986). "Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida)". 36 (3): 35–50. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Catalog of Life. "Taxonomy of Zephroniidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-22.


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