Zephronia

Zephronia
Zephronia siamemsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Sphaerotheriida
Family: Zephroniidae
Genus: Zephronia
Gray, 1832
Type species
Zephronia ovalis Gray, 1832

Zephronia is a genus of giant pill millipedes in the family Zephroniidae with more than 50 described species native to Myanmar, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.

Zephronia siamemsis
Zephronia viridisoma

Taxonomy

It was published by George Robert Gray in 1832. The type species is Zephronia ovalis Gray, 1832.

Species

Species within this genus include:

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 Zephronia Gray, 1832. (n.d.). MilliBase. Retrieved January 26, 2025, from https://millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892933
  3. 1 2 Zephronia Gray, 1832. (n.d.-b). BioLib. Retrieved January 26, 2025, from https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id897751/
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ Zephronia Gray, 1832. (n.d.-c). Catalogue of Life. Retrieved January 26, 2025, from https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7Q6XV
  7. ↑ 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.