Zephronia
Appearance
Zephronia | |
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Zephronia siamemsis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Sphaerotheriida |
Family: | Zephroniidae |
Genus: | Zephronia Gray, 1832 [1] |
Type species | |
Zephronia ovalis Gray, 1832[2] |
Zephronia is a genus of giant pill millipedes in the family Zephroniidae[3] with more than 50 described species[4] native to Myanmar, India, Vietnam, Thailand,[5] Cambodia, and Laos.[4]


Taxonomy
[edit]It was published by George Robert Gray in 1832. The type species is Zephronia ovalis Gray, 1832.[2][6]
Species
[edit]Species within this genus include:[3][7][5]
- Zephronia alticola Attems, 1936
- Zephronia anthracina Pocock, 1895
- Zephronia butleri Olliff, 1882
- Zephronia clivicola Pocock, 1890
- Zephronia comotti Pocock, 1890
- Zephronia dawydoffi Attems, 1953
- Zephronia debilis Attems, 1936
- Zephronia densipora Attems, 1936
- Zephronia disparipora Attems, 1936
- Zephronia dollfusi Pocock, 1895
- Zephronia doriae Pocock, 1890
- Zephronia enghoffi Srisonchai, Sutcharit & Likhitrakarn, 2021
- Zephronia feae Pocock, 1890
- Zephronia floweri Hirst, 1907
- Zephronia formosa Pocock, 1890
- Zephronia gestri Pocock, 1890
- Zephronia glaberrima Attems, 1898
- Zephronia golovatchi Srisonchai, Sutcharit & Likhitrakarn, 2021
- Zephronia hirsti Jeekel, 2001
- Zephronia hirta Attems, 1936
- Zephronia hysophila Attems, 1936
- Zephronia impunctata Pocock, 1895
- Zephronia inferior Attems, 1936
- Zephronia juvenis Attems, 1936
- Zephronia konkakinhensis Semenyuk, Golovatch & Wesener, 2018
- Zephronia lannaensis Likhitrakarn & Golovatch, 2021
- Zephronia laotica Wesener, 2019
- Zephronia lignivora Attems, 1936
- Zephronia maculata (Butler, 1874)
- Zephronia montana Karsch, 1881
- Zephronia montis Semenyuk, Golovatch & Wesener, 2018
- Zephronia nepalensis Wesener, 2015
- Zephronia nigrinota Butler, 1872
- Zephronia ovalis Gray, 1832
- Zephronia panhai Srisonchai, Sutcharit & Likhitrakarn, 2021
- Zephronia pellita Attems, 1935
- Zephronia phrain Likhitrakarn & Golovatch, 2021
- Zephronia profuga Attems, 1936
- Zephronia ridleyi Hirst, 1907
- Zephronia semilaevis Pocock, 1890
- Zephronia siamensis Hirst, 1907
- Zephronia specularis Attems, 1936
- Zephronia tigrina Butler, 1872
- Zephronia tigrinoides Attems, 1936
- Zephronia tumida Butler, 1882
- Zephronia viridescens Attems, 1936
- Zephronia viridisoma Rosenmejer & Wesener, 2021
References
[edit]- ^ Gray, G. (1832) The Myriapods (Myriapoda—Mitosata, Fab.). In: Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. (Eds.), The Class Insecta arranged by the Baron Cuvier, 1, pp. 124-–142.
- ^ a b Zephronia Gray, 1832. (n.d.). MilliBase. Retrieved January 26, 2025, from https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892933
- ^ a b Zephronia Gray, 1832. (n.d.-b). BioLib. Retrieved January 26, 2025, from https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id897751/
- ^ a b Srisonchai, R., Likhitrakarn, N., Sutcharit, C., & Wesener, T. (2024). Integrative taxonomy reveals two new giant pill-millipedes of the genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from eastern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae). ZooKeys, 1212, 29.
- ^ a b Srisonchai, Ruttapon; Sutcharit, Chirasak; Likhitrakarn, Natdanai (29 October 2021). "The giant pill-millipede genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from Thailand, with a redescription of Z. siamensis Hirst, 1907 and descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)". ZooKeys (1067): 19–56. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1067.72369. PMC 8571248. PMID 34759718 – via Pensoft.
- ^ Zephronia Gray, 1832. (n.d.-c). Catalogue of Life. Retrieved January 26, 2025, from https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7Q6XV
- ^ Likhitrakarn, Natdanai; Golovatch, Sergei I.; Srisonchai, Ruttapon; Sutcharit, Chirasak (2021-03-18). "Two New Species of the Giant Pill-Millipede Genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from Thailand (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae)". Tropical Natural History. 21 (1): 12–26. ISSN 2586-9892.