Glyphiulus

Glyphiulus
Glyphiulus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Polydesmida
Family:
Paradoxosomatidae
Genus:
Glyphiulus

Gervais, 1847
Species:
47 species
Type species
Glyphiulus granulatus
Gervais, 1847
Synonyms
  • Glyphijulus Karsch, 1881
  • Cambalomorpha Pocock, 1895
  • Keratoglyphiulus Attems, 1909
  • Formosoglyphius Verhoeff, 1936
  • Koinoglyphius Carl, 1941
  • Octoglyphus Loksa, 1960
  • Trogloglyphus Loksa, 1960

Glyphiulus, is a genus of millipedes belonging to the order Spirostreptida, family Cambalopsidae. It is the largest Southeast Asian millipede genus comprise about 47 to 57 species ranging from southern China, northern Laos, and northern Thailand in the north to southern Vietnam in the south. The type species shows a pantropical distribution.[1] The number of species always changes due to continuous discoveries of new species.[2][3]

Species

References

  1. ^ Likhitrakarn, N.; Golovatch, S. I.; Inkhavilay, K.; Sutcharit, C.; Srisonchai, R.; Panha, S. (2017). "Two new species of the millipede genus Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847 from Laos (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)". ZooKeys (722): 1–18. doi:10.3897/zookeys.722.21192. PMC 5740414. PMID 29308027.
  2. ^ "Review of the millipede genus Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847 with descriptions of new species from Southeast Asia" (PDF). sciencepress. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Four new species of the Glyphiulus javanicus group from southern China (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)". Zootaxa. Retrieved 3 April 2018.