''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 ...
s belonging to the family
Zephroniidae.
Catalogue of life
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Distribution
Species of this genus are present in North India
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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 ...
, Malayan Peninsula
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, Java
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, Sumatra
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and Borneo
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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
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