Sphaerotheriidae Explained

Sphaerotheriidae is a family of giant pill millipedes of the class Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in southern Africa.[1] [2]

Selected genera

Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833, 54 species, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Kylindotherium Attems, 1926, monotypic, South Africa

Notes and References

  1. Wesener, T. . van den Spiegel, D. . amp . 2009 . A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism . Cladistics . 25 . 545–573 . https://archive.today/20130105121322/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122536047/abstract . dead . 2013-01-05 . 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x .
  2. Giant-pill millipede phylogeny and plate tectonics (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida) . . . Thomas Wesener . Natural History Museum, London . December 7, 2006 . 8th Young Systematists' Forum.

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