Zephroniidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Diplopoda
- Order
- Sphaerotheriida
- Family
- Zephroniidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Zephroniidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Zephroniidae
Zephroniidae (sometimes misspelled "Zephronidae") is a family of 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, and also inhabit some Philippine islands.
Genera in the family Zephroniidae:
- Bothrobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – monotypic, Borneo
- Castanotherium Pocock, 1895 – 50 species, Indonesian Islands, Philippines
- Castanotheroides Chamberlin, 1921 – 3 species, Philippines
- Cryxus Leach, 1814 – monotypic, Asia
- Cynotelopus Jeekel, 1986
- Indosphaera Attems, 1935 – 2 species N. India, Myanmar
- Kophosphaera Attems, 1935 – 5 species, N. India, Nepal
- Leptoprotopus
- Leptotelopus Silvestri, 1897 – monotypic, Myanmar
- Prionobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – 8 species, Vietnam, SW China
- Pulusphaera
- Rajasphaera Attems, 1935 – monotypic, Borneo
- Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – 4 species, Vietnam
- Sphaeropoeus Brandt, 1833 – 22 species, N. India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo
- Tigridosphaera Jeekel, 2000 – 4 species, Malayan Peninsula
- Zephronia Gray, 1832 – 37 species N. India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo
Zephroniidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 澤馬陸科
- Chinese
- 澤圓馬陸科
- English
- Southeast Asian Pill Millipedes
- Japanese
- オオタマヤスデ科
- Thai
- กิ้งกือกระสุนเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้
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