Zoosphaerium villosum Wesener & Sierwald, 2005

Wesener, Thomas, Bespalova, Ioulia & Sierwald, Petra, 2010, Madagascar’s living giants: discovery of five new species of endemic giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae: Zoosphaerium), African Invertebrates 51 (1), pp. 133-133 : 160

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.051.0102
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFFB20B0-9B5E-4A78-88EC-3EDD7EB197BA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7911618
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1219-FFEF-9E61-FE86-FEADF18619F5
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Zoosphaerium villosum Wesener & Sierwald, 2005
status

Treatment

Zoosphaerium villosum Wesener & Sierwald, 2005 View in CoL View at ENA

Zoosphaerium villosum: Wesener & Sierwald 2005: 19 View in CoL View Cited Treatment ; Wesener & Wägele 2008: 42 View Cited Treatment .

Material examined: MADAGASCAR: Toamasina Prov.: 3^( CASC BLF 13126 ) Reserve Betampona, Camp Rendrirendry 34.1 km 332° Toamasina, 390 m, rainforest, 17°55'26"S: 49°11'59"E, B.L. Fisher et al., general collecting in camp, 28.xi.2005 GoogleMaps ; 1^( CASC BLF 13243 ) Reserve Betampona Camp Vohitsivalana , 37.1 km 338° Toamasina, rainforest, 520 m, 17°53'12"S: 49°12'09"E, B.L. Fisher et al., general collecting in camp, 1–3.xii. 2005 GoogleMaps . Antsiranana Prov.: 1ơ ( FMNH-INS 7819 ) Forêt de Betaolana, 11.0 km NW Ambogiangezoka, Befnolana camp #2, rainforest, 1200 m, 14°36.6'S: 49°25.5'E, S.M. Goodman, 18.x.1999 GoogleMaps ; 4ơ ( FMNH-INS 7827 ), 1ơ ( FMNH-INS 0000) Station Forestiere de Tampolo , littoral rainforest, 10 m, 17°17.2'S: 49°24.5'E, S.M. Goodman, pitfall traps, 3–16.iv.1997 GoogleMaps .

Distribution: This species is obviously relatively widely distributed in rainforests in north-eastern Madagascar.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Diplopoda
Order	Sphaerotheriida
Family	Arthrosphaeridae
Genus	Zoosphaerium