Zoosphaerium neptunus ( Butler, 1872 )

Wesener, Thomas, Bespalova, Ioulia & Sierwald, Petra, 2010, Madagascar’s living giants: discovery of five new species of endemic giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae: Zoosphaerium), African Invertebrates 51 (1), pp. 133-133 : 159

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.051.0102
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFFB20B0-9B5E-4A78-88EC-3EDD7EB197BA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7911590
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1219-FFE8-9E66-FE68-FE7FF0B01996
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Zoosphaerium neptunus ( Butler, 1872 )
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Zoosphaerium neptunus ( Butler, 1872) View in CoL View at ENA

Zoosphaerium neptunus (Butler) View in CoL : Pocock 1895: 410; Wesener & Wägele 2008: 10 View Cited Treatment .

Material examined: MADAGASCAR: Toamasina Prov.: 1^( CASC BLF 13126 ) Reserve Betampona, Camp Rendrirendry 34.1 km 332° Toamasina, 390 m, rainforest, 17°55'26"S: 49°11'59"E, B.L. Fisher et al., general collecting in camp, 28.xi.2005. Antsiranana Prov.: 1^( FMNH-INS 7917 ) RNI d’Marojejy, along tributary of Mananatenina R., 8 km NW Mananatenina, rainforest, 450 m, 14°26.2'S: 49°46.5'E, S.M. Goodman, pitfall traps, 4–13.x.1996. Mahajanga Prov.: 1ơ 1^( ZCMV 11314 ) nr Hevirina, Makira Plateau, M.Vences, 23.vi.2009, in group migration GoogleMaps .

Distribution: The new localities fit very well into the known distribution of this species ( Wesener & Wägele 2008). One of the few widespread Malagasy giant pill-millipede species.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Diplopoda
Order	Sphaerotheriida
Family	Arthrosphaeridae
Genus	Zoosphaerium