Glomeris

Glomeris
	Glomeris marginata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Glomerida
Family:	Glomeridae
Genus:	Glomeris; Latreille, 1802
Type species
	Glomeris pustulata; (Fabricius, 1781)

Glomeris is a genus of pill millipedes that belongs to the family Glomeridae and order Glomerida.^[1] The genus Glomeris is the largest within the family Glomeridae, comprising about 100 species along with a few hundred subspecies, varieties, forms, or genetic aberrations.^[2] The genus is primarily distributed in Europe, but can also be found in the Canary Islands, North Africa, and North-western Anatolia.^[2]

Description

Species within the genus Glomeris exhibit distinct anatomical traits, notably the subquadrate anatomy of the telopod femur, which does not display prominent hypertrophy relative to the adjacent podomeres.^[2] Additionally, the telopod femur is equipped with a broad distocaudal lobe rather than a distinct process.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

Glomeris species are predominantly found in Europe, although they also occur marginally in other regions.^[2] In North Africa, eleven Glomeris species are known to be present, however they are limited to areas located north of the Sahara Desert, specifically along a relatively narrow strip of the Mediterranean coast.^[2]

Ecology

Where the geographic range of both the genus Glomeris and Hyleoglomeris overlap, such as in the Balkans and Northwestern Anatolia, it has been observed that all Glomeris species exhibit epigeal behaviour, occupying terrestrial environments above ground level. In contrast, all Hyleoglomeris species display a subterranean lifestyle, dwelling below the surface of the soil.^[3]

Species

Below is a list of some of the species within the genus Glomeris:

Glomeris marginata, unrolling

References

^ "Glomeris Latreille, 1802". Millibase. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. Bibcode:2009ZooK...12...47G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.12.179.
^ Golovatch S (2013) Three new species of the millipede genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910 from the Aegean region of Greece (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae). Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e1000. doi:10.3897/BDJ.1.e1000

External links

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[1] "Glomeris Latreille, 1802". Millibase. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-05-25.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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. Bibcode:2009ZooK...12...47G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.12.179.

[3] Golovatch S (2013) Three new species of the millipede genus Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910 from the Aegean region of Greece (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae). Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e1000. doi:10.3897/BDJ.1.e1000

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