Glomeris | |
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Glomeris marginata | |
Scientific 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)
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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]