Procyliosoma Explained

Procyliosoma is a genus of pill millipede found in Australia and New Zealand. Formerly classified in the family Sphaerotheriidae, in 2009 Procyliosoma was reclassified as the only genus in the family Procyliosomatidae.^[1]

Species

• Procyliosoma andersoni (Verhoeff, 1928) – New South Wales
• Procyliosoma aurivillii Silvestri, 1917 – Queensland
• Procyliosoma castaneum (Verhoeff, 1924) – Queensland
• Procyliosoma delacyi (White, 1859) – New Zealand
• Procyliosoma dorrigense (Verhoeff, 1928) – New South Wales
• Procyliosoma leae Silvestri, 1917 – Tasmania
• Procyliosoma leiosomum Hutton, 1877 – New Zealand
• Procyliosoma tasmanicum Silvestri, 1917 – Tasmania
• Procyliosoma tuberculatum Silvestri, 1917 – New Zealand
• Procyliosoma walesianum (Karsch, 1881) – New South Wales

Further reading

• Beverley A. Holloway . 1956 . Revision of the New Zealand pill millipedes (Oniscomorpha, Sphaerotheridae) . . 84 . 2 . 431–446 .
• Web site: Sphaerotheriida: Procyliosoma . Millipedes of Australia . 9 March 2011 . Bob Mesibov. Robert Mesibov.

Notes and References

1. Wesener. Thomas. VandenSpiegel, Didier. A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism. Cladistics. 2009. 25. 6. 545–573. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x. 86041765.