Glomeris guttata explained

Glomeris guttata is a species of pill millipede within the genus Glomeris and family Glomeridae.^[1]

Description

The dorsal plates of Glomeris guttata are brown to black, possessing four rows of orange or reddish-orange spots.^[2] The head of G. guttata lacks spots and is brown to black in colour. Glomeris guttata expresses Müllerian mimicry, sharing a colour pattern with the caterpillar of the apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) of which they share a habitat.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

Glomeris guttata is native to Southwest Europe, where it can be found within the countries of France, Italy and Monaco.^[4] The species can be found living within alpine habitats such as the Var basin in Southern France.^[5]

References

1. Web site: 2023-06-01 . Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826 . 2023-06-01 . Millibase.
2. Brandt, J. F. (1833). Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin De La Societé Impériale Des Naturalistes De Moscou, 6: pp. 196.
3. Deschamps-Cottin, M. and Descimon, H., 1996. A possible case of mimicry in the caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (L.)(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica (Belgium).
4. Web site: 2023-06-01 . Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826 . 2023-06-01 . Fauna Europaea.
5. René Hoess, Adolf Scholl, Allozyme and Literature Study of Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826, and G. connexa Koch, 1847, a Case of Taxonomic Confusion (Diplopoda: Glomeridae), Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology, Volume 240, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-33, ISSN 0044-5231, .