Glomeris connexa

Glomeris connexa is a species of pill millipedes.[1]

Glomeris connexa
Glomeris connexa from Italy. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Diplopoda
Order:
Glomerida
Family:
Glomeridae
Genus:
Glomeris
Species:
G. connexa
Binomial name
Glomeris connexa
C. L. Koch, 1847
Synonyms
  • Glomeris verhoeffi Brölemann, 1924

Glomeris connexa can reach a length of 7–15 millimetres (0.28–0.59 in) in the females, of 8–20 millimetres (0.31–0.79 in) in males. These pill millipedes are shiny black/gray or brownish.[2]

This species is present in Silesia, Bavaria, Savoy and from the Southern Alps to the Apennines.[3]

References
  1. Biolib
  2. Virtual Zoo
  3. Hoess, Rene; Scholl, Adolf, 2001 Allozyme and literature study of Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826, and G connexa Koch, 1847, a case of taxonomic confusion. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 240(1): 15-33,
  • SysMyr: Systematic Myriapod Database. Spelda J.,


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