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Glomeris klugii

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Glomeris klugii
Glomeris klugii morph conspersa
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G. klugii
Binomial name
Glomeris klugii
Brandt, 1833
Synonyms
  • Glomeris conspersa C.L. Koch, 1847
  • Glomeris undulata C.L. Koch, 1844

Glomeris klugii is a species of pill millipedes.[1][2]

Description

Glomeris klugii from Italy. Museum specimen

Glomeris klugii can reach a length of about 13.5 millimetres (0.53 in). It can be yellow mottled or marbled, brown or sometimes red. This species in Europe shows two colour morphs, the dark “undulata” and the light “conspersa”, the most widespread.[3]

Distribution

These pill millipedes can be found in Europe and North Africa.[4]

References

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Catalogue of life
  3. ^ Sergei I. Golovatch; Jean-Paul Mauriès; Nesrine Akkari; Pavel Stoev; Jean-Jacques Geoffroy (2009). "The millipede genus Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) in North Africa". ZooKeys. 12: 47–86. doi:10.3897/zookeys.12.179.
  4. ^ GBIF
  • Golovatch, Sergei Ilyich; Hoffman, Richard Lawrence (2000) On the diplopod taxa and type material of J. F. Brandt, with some new descriptions and identities (Diplopoda), Fragmenta faunistica, Supplement, 43: 229-249: 229-249.
  • SysMyr: Systematic Myriapod Database. Spelda J.,