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Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833
- Genus Kylindotherium Attems, 1926
- Subfamily Sphaerotheriinae Brandt, 1833
- Genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833
- Genus Bournellum De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902 accepted as Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bournellum Verhoeff, 1924 accepted as Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833
- Genus Eubournellum Attems, 1908 accepted as Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (junior objective synonym)
- Genus Natalobelum Verhoeff, 1924 accepted as Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Neobournellum Attems, 1908 accepted as Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Oligaspidinae Bollman, 1893 accepted as Sphaerotheriini Brandt, 1833 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Oligaspis Wood, 1865 accepted as Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tetraconosoma Verhoeff, 1924 accepted as Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (junior subjective synonym)
Brandt, J. F. (1833). Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin de la Societé Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6: 194-209. Moscow, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989137 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888785 on 2025-07-09
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Brandt, J. F. (1833). Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin de la Societé Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 6: 194-209. Moscow, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45989137 [details]
taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 448; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]
basis of record Koch, C.L. (1847). Den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden und ein System der Myriapoden. [The lists and corrections to Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids and a system of the myriapods.]. <em>In: Panzer, G.W.F. & Herrich-Schäffer, A. (eds.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands.</em> 3: 1-272, pls. 1-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33700094 [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1974). The group taxonomy and geography of the Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda). Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 32: 41-52. London
note: Phylogeny [details]
additional source VandenSpiegel, D.; Golovatch, S. I.; Hamer, M. L. (2002). Revision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae),with new synonymies. African Invertebrates, 143-181. Pietermaritzburg [details]
additional source Wesener, T.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2009). A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism. <em>Cladistics.</em> 25(6): 545-573., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x
note: Phylogeny [details]
additional source Wesener, T.; Raupach, M. J.; Sierwald, P. (2010). The origins of the giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 57(3): 1184-1193., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.023
note: Molecular phylogeny [details]
taxonomy source Minelli, A. (2015). Treatise on Zoology – Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2. <em>Brill, Leiden; Boston.</em> 482 pp.
page(s): 448; note: listed as a valid family in Table 16.1 [details]
basis of record Koch, C.L. (1847). Den Verzeichnissen und Berichtigungen zu Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden und ein System der Myriapoden. [The lists and corrections to Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids and a system of the myriapods.]. <em>In: Panzer, G.W.F. & Herrich-Schäffer, A. (eds.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfaune Deutschlands.</em> 3: 1-272, pls. 1-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33700094 [details]
additional source Jeekel, C. A. W. (1974). The group taxonomy and geography of the Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda). Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 32: 41-52. London
note: Phylogeny [details]
additional source VandenSpiegel, D.; Golovatch, S. I.; Hamer, M. L. (2002). Revision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae),with new synonymies. African Invertebrates, 143-181. Pietermaritzburg [details]
additional source Wesener, T.; VandenSpiegel, D. (2009). A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism. <em>Cladistics.</em> 25(6): 545-573., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x
note: Phylogeny [details]
additional source Wesener, T.; Raupach, M. J.; Sierwald, P. (2010). The origins of the giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 57(3): 1184-1193., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.023
note: Molecular phylogeny [details]
