Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895

Wesener, Thomas, 2009, Unexplored richness: discovery of 31 new species of Giant Pill-Millipedes endemic to Madagascar, with a special emphasis on microendemism (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida), Zootaxa 2097 (1), pp. 1-134 : 14

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Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895
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Genus Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895 View in CoL

Type species: Sphaerotherium neptunus Butler, 1872 .

Synonyms: Heligmasoma Chamberlin, 1921 , Globotherium Brolemann, 1922 .

See Wesener & Wägele (2008) for an extensive revision of the genus. Zoosphaerium was divided into speciesgroups, but it remains unclear if those species-groups represent monophyletic units which might deserve generic status. One new species-group, based on Z. blandum ( de Saussure & Zehntner, 1902) is introduced here. Only two of the new species could not be assigned to a species-group.

de Saussure, H. & Zehntner, L. (1902) Myriapodes de Madagascar, In: Grandidier (Ed.), Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. 27 (53), Alfred Grandidier, Paris, France, i - viii, pp. 1 - 356, plates 13 - 15.

Pocock, R. I. (1895) Description of new Genera of Zephronidae, with brief preliminary diagnose of some new Species. The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany and geology, 16, 409 - 415.

Wesener, T. & Wagele, J. - W. (2008). The giant pill-millipedes of Madagascar: revision of the genus Zoosphaerium (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida). Zoosystema, 30 (1), 1 - 85.