Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924

Wesener, Thomas, 2019, First records of giant pill-millipedes from Laos (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae), Zootaxa 4563 (2), pp. 201-248 : 209-210

Genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924

Type species: Sphaerobelum clavigerum Verhoeff, 1924 , from Vietnam

Other taxa included (15):

S. hirsutum Verhoeff, 1924 ( Vietnam)

S. bicorne Attems, 1938 ( Vietnam)

S. separatum Attems, 1953 ( Vietnam)

S. truncatum Wongthamwanich, 2012 ( Thailand)

S. cattiense Semenyuk, Golovatch & Wesener, 2018 ( Vietnam)

S. konkakinhense Semenyuk, Golovatch & Wesener, 2018 ( Vietnam)

S. bolavensis sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. phouloei sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. denticulatum sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. spinatum sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. lachneeis sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. peterjaegeri sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. nigrum sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. splendidum sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. laoticum sp. nov. ( Laos)

S. schwendingeri sp. nov. ( Laos)

Distribution: Vietnam, with a single species ( S. truncatum ) known from northern Thailand and ten new species described here from Laos ( Fig. 5 ).

Remarks: For a recent revision of the generic characters of Sphaerobelum , see the literature ( Wesener 2016a; Semenyuk et al. 2018).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Distribution map of Sphaerobelum species, including the unnamed females.