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''Sphaeropoeus'' is a genus of
giant pill millipede Sphaerotheriida is an order of millipedes in the infraclass Pentazonia, sometimes known as giant pill millipedes. They inhabit Southern Africa, Madagascar, South and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Like the Northern Hemisphere pill mi ...
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Distribution

Species of this genus are present in
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Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
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Malayan Peninsula The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Tha ...
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Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...
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Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...
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Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...
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Species

* '' Sphaeropoeus exstinctus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus extinctus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus gisleni'' * '' Sphaeropoeus glabrus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus hercules'' * '' Sphaeropoeus inermis'' * '' Sphaeropoeus lugubris'' * '' Sphaeropoeus maculatus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus magnus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus malaccanus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus modiglianii'' * '' Sphaeropoeus montanus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus musicus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus pellitus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus politus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus punctulatissimus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus speciosus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus stollii'' * '' Sphaeropoeus sumatrensis'' * '' Sphaeropoeus tatusiaeformis'' * '' Sphaeropoeus tigratus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus tuberculosus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus unciger'' * '' Sphaeropoeus variegatus'' * '' Sphaeropoeus velutinus''


References

Zephroniidae Millipedes of Asia Millipede genera {{Millipede-stub