Sphaeropoeus hercules

Sphaeropoeus hercules is a species of giant pill millipede belonging to the family Zephroniidae.[1]

Sphaeropoeus hercules
Sphaeropoeus hercules from Sumatra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Myriapoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Sphaerotheriida
Family:
Zephroniidae
Genus:
Sphaeropoeus
Species:
S. hercules
Binomial name
Sphaeropoeus hercules
Brandt, 1833

Distribution

This species can be found in Sumatra.[2]

Bibliography
  • Pocock, Reginald Innes (1894) Chilopoda, Symphyla and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago, In: Weber, M.: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien, Band 3: 307-404.
  • Jeekel, Casimir Albrecht Willem (2001) A bibliographic catalogue of the Asiatic Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda), Myriapod memoranda, 3: 5-38: 5-38.
  • Jeekel, Casimir Albrecht Willem (1971) Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957, Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412: 1-412.
  • SysMyr: Systematic Myriapod Database. Spelda J., 2008-12-29

References
  1. Catalogue of life
  2. Wikisource


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