''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
Zephroniidae (sometimes misspelled "Zephronidae") is a family of Sphaerotheriida, 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 ...
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Catalogue of life
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Distribution
Species of this genus are present in North India
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, Myanmar
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, 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 hercules'' is a species of giant pill millipede belonging to the family Zephroniidae.
Distribution
This species can be found in Sumatra.s:Page:EB1911 - Volume 18.djvu/495, Wikisource
Bibliography
* Pocock, Reginald Innes (1894) C ...
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* '' Sphaeropoeus inermis''
* ''Sphaeropoeus lugubris
''Sphaeropoeus'' is a genus of giant pill millipedes belonging to the family Zephroniidae.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in North India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
Species
* ''Sphaeropoeus exstinctu ...
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* '' Sphaeropoeus maculatus''
* ''Sphaeropoeus magnus
''Sphaeropoeus'' is a genus of giant pill millipedes belonging to the family Zephroniidae.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in North India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islan ...
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* '' Sphaeropoeus malaccanus''
* '' Sphaeropoeus modiglianii''
* '' Sphaeropoeus montanus''
* '' Sphaeropoeus musicus''
* '' Sphaeropoeus pellitus''
* '' Sphaeropoeus politus''
* '' Sphaeropoeus punctulatissimus''
* '' Sphaeropoeus speciosus''
* '' Sphaeropoeus stollii''
* ''Sphaeropoeus sumatrensis
''Sphaeropoeus'' is a genus of giant pill millipedes belonging to the family Zephroniidae.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in North India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
Species
* '' Sphaeropoeus exstinct ...
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* ''Sphaeropoeus tatusiaeformis
''Sphaeropoeus'' is a genus of giant pill millipedes belonging to the family Zephroniidae.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in North India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
Species
* '' Sphaeropoeus exstinct ...
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* ''Sphaeropoeus tigratus
''Sphaeropoeus'' is a genus of giant pill millipedes belonging to the family Zephroniidae.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in North India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
Species
* '' Sphaeropoeus exstinct ...
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* ''Sphaeropoeus tuberculosus
''Sphaeropoeus'' is a genus of giant pill millipedes belonging to the family Zephroniidae.
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in North India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo.
Species
* '' Sphaeropoeus exstinct ...
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* '' Sphaeropoeus unciger''
* '' Sphaeropoeus variegatus''
* '' Sphaeropoeus velutinus''
References
Zephroniidae
Millipedes of Asia
Millipede genera
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