Rhopalomeris
| Rhopalomeris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Glomerida |
| Family: | Glomeridae |
| Genus: | Verhoeff, 1906 |
Rhopalomeris is a genus of pill millipede 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. [2] This sixth segment is club-shaped.
Rhopalomeris millipedes have 13 smooth tergites.
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.
Species
Source:[3]
- Rhopalomeris bicolor (Wood, 1865)
- 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. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1215..235L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1215.130919. PMC 11499670. PMID 39450043. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Verhoeff, Karl W. (1906). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Nicolai. pp. 188–190. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "MilliBase - Rhopalomeris Verhoeff, 1906". millibase.org. Retrieved 8 June 2025.