Sphaerotherium rugulosum Brandt, 1841

Spiegel, Didier Van den, Golovatch, Sergei I. & Hamer, and Michelle L., 2002, Revision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae), with new synonymies, African Invertebrates 43, pp. 143-181 : 171

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7666078
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7666626
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scientific name	Sphaerotherium rugulosum Brandt, 1841
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Material studied:

Type material: ^ lectotype (badly preserved), South Africa, Caput bonae spei (Cape) ; ZISP.

Comments: The poor condition of the lectotype, with only a single midbody tergite representing the species being preserved, does not allow revision of S. rugulosum at the moment. Nevertheless, our observations of the structure of the endotergum show clear similarities with that of S. punctatum . This similarity was already mentioned by Butler (1873) who considered the two species as identical.

In the scope of a future generic revision, however, when more material becomes accumulated for study, the status of this and the other dubious species may finally be settled.