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Zephronia

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Zephronia
Zephronia species from Myanmar. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Sphaerotheriida
Family: Zephroniidae
Genus: Zephronia
Gray, 1832 [1]

Zephronia is a genus of giant pill millipedes in the family Zephroniidae. This genus includes 47 species distributed throughout N. India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra and Borneo.[2]

Species

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Species within this genus include:[2][3][4]

References

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  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. ^ a b Biolib
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.