Procyliosoma

Procyliosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Sphaerotheriida
Family: Procyliosomatidae
Wesener & VandenSpiegel, 2009
Genus: Procyliosoma
Silvestri, 1917
Type species
Procyliosoma leae
Silvestri, 1917

Procyliosoma is a genus of pill millipede found in Australia and New Zealand. Formerly classified in the family Sphaerotheriidae, in 2009 Procyliosoma was reclassified as the only genus in the family Procyliosomatidae.[1]

Species

References

  1. Wesener, Thomas; VandenSpiegel, Didier (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.


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