Stemmiulus Gervais, 1844

Fiemapong, Armand Richard Nzoko, Masse, Paul Serge Mbenoun, Tamesse, Joseph Lebel, Golovatch, Sergei Ilyich & VandenSpiegel, Didier, 2017, The millipede genus Stemmiulus Gervais, 1844 in Cameroon, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Stemmiulida, Stemmiulidae), ZooKeys 708, pp. 11-23 : 11-13

Stemmiulus Gervais, 1844

Type-species.

Iulus (recte: Julus ) bioculatus Gervais & Goudot, 1844.

Distribution.

Species of the genus Stemmiulus are know from North America (one species introduced to Florida), Central America (Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama), the Caribbean (Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands), South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Peru and Brazil), South Asia (India and Sri Lanka), the East Indies (New Guinea and Halmahera, Indonesia), as well as tropical Africa: East Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda), West Africa (Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Benin?, Guinea-Bissau) and Central Africa (Congo, Gabon, Cameroon).

Diagnosis.

Small to medium-sized stemmiulid millipedes, reaching up 50 mm in length. Body compressed laterally, tapering gradually towards telson, metaterga striated, eyes consisting of one or two large ommatidia on each side of head.