Sphaerotheriidae
Sphaerotheriidae is a family of giant pill millipedes of the class Diplopoda. Millipedes of this family are distributed in South Africa.[2] [3]
Selected genera
- Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833, 54 species, South Africa, Zimbabwe
- Kylindotherium Attems, 1926, monotypic, South Africa
References
- ^ "Family Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/SPHAEROTHERIIDAE. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
- ^ Wesener, T. & van den Spiegel, D. (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. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122536047/abstract.
- ^ Thomas Wesener (December 7, 2006). "Giant-pill millipede phylogeny and plate tectonics (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida)" (PDF). 8th Young Systematists' Forum. Natural History Museum, London: The Systematics Association. http://www.systass.org/ysf/8th_YSF.pdf.