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Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924
892624 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892624)
accepted
Genus
Sphaerobelum clavigerum Verhoeff, 1924 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Sphaerobelum aesculus Rosenmejer & Wesener, 2021
- Species Sphaerobelum benqii Liu & Wesener, 2022
- Species Sphaerobelum bicorne Attems, 1938
- Species Sphaerobelum bolavensis Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum cattiense Semenyuk, Golovatch & Wesener, 2018
- Species Sphaerobelum clavigerum Verhoeff, 1924
- Species Sphaerobelum denticulatum Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum hirsutum Verhoeff, 1924
- Species Sphaerobelum huzhengkuni Zhao, Yu & W. Liu, 2020
- Species Sphaerobelum konkakinhense Semenyuk, Golovatch & Wesener, 2018
- Species Sphaerobelum lachneeis Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum laoticum Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum meridionalis Bhansali & Wesener, 2022
- Species Sphaerobelum nigrum Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum nonghinensis Srikampha & Srisonchai, 2025
- Species Sphaerobelum onyx Srikampha & Srisonchai, 2025
- Species Sphaerobelum peterjaegeri Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum petramurum Srikampha & Srisonchai, 2025
- Species Sphaerobelum phouloei Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum pumatense Semenyuk, Golovatch & Wesener, 2020
- Species Sphaerobelum schwendingeri Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum separatum Attems, 1953
- Species Sphaerobelum spinatum Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum splendidum Wesener, 2019
- Species Sphaerobelum truncatum Wongthamwanich, 2012
- Species Sphaerobelum tujiaphilum Zhao & Liu, 2022
- Species Sphaerobelum turcosa Srisonchai & Pimvichai, 2023
neuter
Verhoeff, K. W. (1924). Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 34. Myriapoda: Diplopoda. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 16(5): 1-142. Stockholm.
page(s): 59 [details]
page(s): 59 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892624 on 2025-07-08
original description
Verhoeff, K. W. (1924). Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 34. Myriapoda: Diplopoda. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 16(5): 1-142. Stockholm.
page(s): 59 [details]
taxonomy source Wesener, T. (2016). The Giant Pill-Millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida – An annotated species catalogue with morphological atlas and list of apomorphies. <em>Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum.</em> 63: 1-107., available online at https://zoologicalbulletin.de/bzb_volumes/bzm_63/bzm_63.pdf
page(s): 36 [details]
taxonomy source Jeekel, C. A. W. (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. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 28; note: Jeekel: Sphaerobelum clavigerum, type-species designation by Jeekel, 1971 [details]
taxonomy source Semenyuk, I.; Golovatch, S. I.; Wesener, T. (2018). Four new species of giant pill-millipedes from Vietnam (Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4459(3): 535., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.7
page(s): 535; note: additional species [details]
taxonomy source Bhansali, S.; Wesener, T. (2022). New Thai giant pill-millipede species, with new genetic barcoding data (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5105(3): 357-380., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5105.3.2
page(s): 357 [details]
taxonomy source Rosenmejer, T.; Enghoff, H.; Moritz, L.; Wesener, T. (2021). Integrative description of new giant pill-millipedes from southern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 762., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1457
page(s): 108 [details]
additional source Zhao, Y.; Hu, L.; Wesener, T.; Liu, W. (2022). Five new species of the giant pill-millipedes of the genera<i>Zephronia</i>and<i>Sphaerobelum</i>, from China (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae). <em>Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.).</em> 58(6): 499-524., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2022.2137059
page(s): 499 [details]
additional source Srisonchai, R.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Sutcharit, C.; Wesener, T. (2024). Integrative taxonomy reveals two new giant pill-millipedes of the genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from eastern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1212: 29-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1212.126536 [details] Available for editors
additional source Srikampha, K.; Wesener, T.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Sutcharit, C.; Srisonchai, R. (2025). The millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924, in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 101(1): 273-300., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.143073
page(s): 273; note: three additional species, barcoding tree [details]
additional source Wongthamwanich, N.; Panha, S.; Sierwald, P.; Wesener, T.; Thirakhupt, K. (2012). A new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 from northern Thailand, with an extensive description and molecular characters (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3220(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3220.1.2
page(s): 29; note: key, map [details]
page(s): 59 [details]
taxonomy source Wesener, T. (2016). The Giant Pill-Millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida – An annotated species catalogue with morphological atlas and list of apomorphies. <em>Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum.</em> 63: 1-107., available online at https://zoologicalbulletin.de/bzb_volumes/bzm_63/bzm_63.pdf
page(s): 36 [details]
taxonomy source Jeekel, C. A. W. (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. Amsterdam, available online at https://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf
page(s): 28; note: Jeekel: Sphaerobelum clavigerum, type-species designation by Jeekel, 1971 [details]
taxonomy source Semenyuk, I.; Golovatch, S. I.; Wesener, T. (2018). Four new species of giant pill-millipedes from Vietnam (Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4459(3): 535., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.7
page(s): 535; note: additional species [details]
taxonomy source Bhansali, S.; Wesener, T. (2022). New Thai giant pill-millipede species, with new genetic barcoding data (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5105(3): 357-380., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5105.3.2
page(s): 357 [details]
taxonomy source Rosenmejer, T.; Enghoff, H.; Moritz, L.; Wesener, T. (2021). Integrative description of new giant pill-millipedes from southern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 762., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1457
page(s): 108 [details]
additional source Zhao, Y.; Hu, L.; Wesener, T.; Liu, W. (2022). Five new species of the giant pill-millipedes of the genera<i>Zephronia</i>and<i>Sphaerobelum</i>, from China (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae). <em>Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.).</em> 58(6): 499-524., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2022.2137059
page(s): 499 [details]
additional source Srisonchai, R.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Sutcharit, C.; Wesener, T. (2024). Integrative taxonomy reveals two new giant pill-millipedes of the genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from eastern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1212: 29-64., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1212.126536 [details] Available for editors
additional source Srikampha, K.; Wesener, T.; Likhitrakarn, N.; Sutcharit, C.; Srisonchai, R. (2025). The millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924, in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 101(1): 273-300., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.143073
page(s): 273; note: three additional species, barcoding tree [details]
additional source Wongthamwanich, N.; Panha, S.; Sierwald, P.; Wesener, T.; Thirakhupt, K. (2012). A new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 from northern Thailand, with an extensive description and molecular characters (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3220(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3220.1.2
page(s): 29; note: key, map [details]
