Nearctomeris

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Nearctomeris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Glomerida
Family: Glomeridae
Genus: Nearctomeris
Wesener, 2012

Nearctomeris is a genus of pill millipedes found in the southern Appalachian Mountains, in the states of Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. [1]

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Description

Nearctomeris millipedes strongly resemble those of the Onomeris genus, having a nearly identical size (4–5.5 mm) and similar dark coloration. [2]

Species

References

  1. ↑ Recuero, Ernesto; Caterino, Michael S. (13 June 2023). "A second species of the pill millipede genus Nearctomeris Wesener, 2012 (Diplopoda, Glomerida) from the Great Smoky Mountains, USA". ZooKeys (1166): 333–349. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1166..333R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1166.103516 . PMC   10846838 . PMID   38323085 . Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Wesener, Thomas (5 April 2012). "Nearctomeris, a new genus of Pill Millipedes from North America, with a comparison of genetic distances of American Pill Millipede Genera (Glomerida, Glomeridae)" . Zootaxa. 3258 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3258.1.5 . Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "MilliBase - Nearctomeris smoky Recuero & Caterino, 2023". millibase.org. Retrieved 7 June 2025.


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