Glomeris

Glomeris
Glomeris marginata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Glomerida
Family: Glomeridae
Genus: Glomeris
Latreille, 1802
Type species
Glomeris pustulata
(Fabricius, 1781)

Glomeris is a genus of pill millipedes that belongs to the family Glomeridae and order Glomerida.[1] The genus Glomeris is the largest within the family Glomeridae, comprising about 100 species along with a few hundred subspecies, varieties, forms, or genetic aberrations.[2] The genus is primarily distributed in Europe, but can also be found in the Canary Islands, North Africa, and North-western Anatolia.[2]

  1. ^ "Glomeris Latreille, 1802". Millibase. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  2. ^ a b Sergei I. Golovatch; Jean-Paul Mauriès; Nesrine Akkari; Pavel Stoev; Jean-Jacques Geoffroy (2009). "The millipede genus Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) in North Africa". ZooKeys (12): 47–86. Bibcode:2009ZooK...12...47G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.12.179.