Zephroniidae

Zephroniidae
A zephroniid from Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Sphaerotheriida
Family:	Zephroniidae Gray in Jones, 1843
Synonyms
Sphaeropoeidae

Zephroniidae (sometimes misspelled "Zephronidae") is a family of giant pill millipedes in the taxonomic order Sphaerotheriida. They occur in southeast Asia from the Himalayas and China south and east to Sulawesi and to Australia, and also inhabit some Philippine islands.^[1][2]

Genera in the family Zephroniidae:^[3]

Bothrobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – monotypic, Borneo

Castanotherium Pocock, 1895 – 50 species, Indonesian Islands, Philippines

Castanotheroides Chamberlin, 1921 – 3 species, Philippines

Cryxus Leach, 1814 – monotypic, Asia

Cynotelopus Jeekel, 1986

Indosphaera Attems, 1935 – 2 species N. India, Myanmar

Kophosphaera Attems, 1935 – 5 species, N. India, Nepal

Leptoprotopus

Leptotelopus Silvestri, 1897 – monotypic, Myanmar

Prionobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – 8 species, Vietnam, SW China

Pulusphaera

Rajasphaera Attems, 1935 – monotypic, Borneo

Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 – 4 species, Vietnam

Sphaeropoeus Brandt, 1833 – 22 species, N. India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo

Tigridosphaera Jeekel, 2000 – 4 species, Malayan Peninsula

Zephronia Gray, 1832 – 37 species N. India, Myanmar, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo

References

1. Thomas Wesener & Didier van den Spiegel (2009). "A first phylogenetic analysis of giant pill millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism". Cladistics. 25 (6): 545–573. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x.
2. Jeekel, C.A.W. (1986). "Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida)". 36 (3): 35–50.
3. Catalog of Life. "Taxonomy of Zephroniidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-22.