Sphaerotheriida (Brandt 1833), Giant pill millipedes ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Order

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Taxonomy of Order Sphaerotheriida Brandt, 1833
Giant pill millipedes

Class	Diplopoda De Blainville in Gervais, 1844 Diplopods, Millepedes, Millipede, Millipedes	229 3586 29647	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Chilognatha Latreille, 1802	198 3375 29198	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Pentazonia Brandt, 1833	14 124 1758	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Oniscomorpha Pocock, 1887	13 118 1713	Families Genera Species
Order	Sphaerotheriida Brandt, 1833 Giant pill millipedes	7 47 679	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Sphaerotheriida Brandt, 1833

Family	Arthrosphaeridae Jeekel, 1974 ⇒ Arthrosphaerinae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Cyliosomatidae Jeekel, 1974	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Procyliosomatidae Wesener & VandenSpiegel, 2009	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Sphaeropoeidae Brölemann, 1913 ⇒ Zephroniidae	1 4	Genus Species
Family	Sphaerotheriidae Brandt, 1833 Pill millipedes	22 366	Genera Species
Family	Zephronidae Gray, 1843 ⇒ Zephroniidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Zephroniidae Gray in Jones, 1843	24 309	Genera Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Sphaerotheriida

German	Riesenkugler
English	Giant pill millipedes

Distribution and Species lists of Sphaerotheriida Brandt, 1833

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Australia
2 Families  9 Genera  52 SpeciesAustria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesChile
0 Families  0 Genera  0 SpeciesChina
1 Families  3 Genera  8 SpeciesCosta Rica
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesHungary
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIndia
2 Families  9 Genera  56 SpeciesIndonesia
2 Families  10 Genera  66 SpeciesIreland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesItaly
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLaos
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesLesotho
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMadagascar
1 Families  5 Genera  110 SpeciesMalawi
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMalaysia
3 Families  7 Genera  19 SpeciesMongolia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMozambique
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesMyanmar
1 Families  4 Genera  11 SpeciesNepal
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNew Zealand
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesPhilippines
2 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
2 Families  4 Genera  35 SpeciesRussia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSeychelles
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSingapore
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesSri Lanka
2 Families  3 Genera  15 SpeciesTanzania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesThailand
3 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesUSA
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesVietnam
1 Families  7 Genera  16 SpeciesZimbabwe
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species

Distribution on islands

Islands of Chile
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Links, sources and further information

Sphaerotheriida at gbif.org
Sphaerotheriida at irmng.org