Procyliosoma

Procyliosoma
Procyliosoma delacyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Sphaerotheriida
Family:	Procyliosomatidae Wesener & VandenSpiegel, 2009
Genus:	Procyliosoma Silvestri, 1917
Type species
Procyliosoma leae Silvestri, 1917

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Procyliosoma is a genus of pill millipede found in Australia and New Zealand. Formerly classified in the family Sphaerotheriidae, in 2009 Procyliosoma was reclassified as the only genus in the family Procyliosomatidae. ^[1]

Species

• Procyliosoma andersoni (Verhoeff, 1928) – New South Wales
• Procyliosoma aurivillii Silvestri, 1917 – Queensland
• Procyliosoma castaneum (Verhoeff, 1924) – Queensland
• Procyliosoma delacyi (White, 1859) – New Zealand
• Procyliosoma dorrigense (Verhoeff, 1928) – New South Wales
• Procyliosoma leae Silvestri, 1917 – Tasmania
• Procyliosoma leiosomum Hutton, 1877 – New Zealand
• Procyliosoma tasmanicum Silvestri, 1917 – Tasmania
• Procyliosoma tuberculatum Silvestri, 1917 – New Zealand
• Procyliosoma walesianum (Karsch, 1881) – New South Wales

Further reading

• Beverley A. Holloway (1956). "Revision of the New Zealand pill millipedes (Oniscomorpha, Sphaerotheridae)". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . 84 (2): 431–446.
• Bob Mesibov. "Sphaerotheriida: Procyliosoma". Millipedes of Australia. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

References

1. Wesener, Thomas; VandenSpiegel, Didier (2009). "A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism". Cladistics. 25 (6): 545–573. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x. S2CID   86041765.