Biology:Rhopalomeris dinghushan
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Short description: Species of pill millipede
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| Rhopalomeris dinghushan | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/RhopalomerisR. dinghushan
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| Template:Taxonomy/RhopalomerisRhopalomeris dinghushan Fan Z, Huang H, Zhang Z, Zhang L, Liu W, 2026
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Rhopalomeris dinghushan is a species of pill millipede that belongs to the family Glomeridae.[1]
The species was named after the locality the species was discovered in, the Dinghu Mountains located in Guangdong, Southern China.[1]
Description
It has a relatively large body compared to other species of the same genus with it ranging in length from 15.0–21.0 mm. The body is a vivid blackish-brown with distinctive marbled paramedian spots covering it. These spots have a yellowish-brown color. Its legs are long and slender.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q139886726 entry
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