Zephroniidae

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]

Verhoeff, 1924 – monotypic, Borneo

Pocock, 1895 – 50 species, Indonesian Islands, Philippines

Chamberlin, 1921 – 3 species, Philippines

Leach, 1814 – monotypic, Asia

Jeekel, 1986

Attems, 1935 – 2 species N. India, Myanmar

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

Silvestri, 1897 – monotypic, Myanmar

Verhoeff, 1924 – 8 species, Vietnam, SW China

Attems, 1935 – monotypic, Borneo

Verhoeff, 1924 – 4 species, Vietnam

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

Jeekel, 2000 – 4 species, Malayan Peninsula

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

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^ 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. S2CID 86041765.
^ 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. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Catalog of Life. "Taxonomy of Zephroniidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-22.

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