Biology:Rhopalomeris
Rhopalomeris is a genus of pill millipede that belongs to the family Glomeridae. It found in Indochina. [1]
Description
Rhopalomeris millipedes have distinctive antennae, with the sixth segment being unusually enlarged, nearly as long as the 3rd through 5th segments combined. This sixth segment is club-shaped. Rhopalomeris millipedes have 13 smooth tergites.[2]
Males have large telepodites on their 18th leg pair. This pair also possesses gonopods with stylus-shaped setae on the prefemur/femur. These gonopods also feature a strong inner femoral process, as well as femoral and tibial lobes extending into horn-like, curved, membranous processes. The tarsus is conspicuously curved backward, with the usual claw setae.[2]
Species
There are currently eight described species that belong to this genus. They are listed below:[3]
- Rhopalomeris bicolor (Wood, 1865)
- Rhopalomeris dinghushan Fan Z, Huang H, Zhang Z, Zhang L, Liu W, 2026[4]
- Rhopalomeris monacha Silvestri, 1917
- Rhopalomeris nagao A.D. Nguyen, S.G. Nguyen & Eguchi, 2021
- Rhopalomeris nigroflava Likhitrakarn, 2024
- Rhopalomeris sauda Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019
- Rhopalomeris tonkinensis Silvestri, 1917
- Rhopalomeris variegata Golovatch & Semenyuk, 2016
References
- ↑ Likhitrakarn, Natdanai; Golovatch, Sergei I.; Srisonchai, Ruttapon; Jirapatrasilp, Parin; Sapparojpattana, Pichsinee; Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai; Panha, Somsak; Sutcharit, Chirasak (16 October 2024). "A new species of the pill millipede genus Rhopalomeris Verhoeff, 1906 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) from Myanmar, and notes on Rhopalomeris carnifex (Pocock, 1889)". ZooKeys (1215): 235–257. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919. PMID 39450043. PMC 11499670. Bibcode: 2024ZooK.1215..235L. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/64315284. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verhoeff, Karl W. (1906). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Nicolai. pp. 188–190. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15075140. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ↑ "MilliBase - Rhopalomeris Verhoeff, 1906" (in en). https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892494.
- ↑ Fan, Zongji; Huang, Hengjie; Zhang, Zekun; Zhang, Li; Liu, Weixin (2026-05-20). "The pill millipede genus Rhopalomeris Verhoeff, 1906 new to the fauna of China, with an integrative description of a new species from Guangdong Province (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae)" (in en). ZooKeys (1280): 45–61. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1280.190182. ISSN 1313-2970.
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