Sphaeropoeus hercules

Sphaeropoeus hercules is a species of giant pill millipede belonging to the family Zephroniidae.^[1]

Sphaeropoeus hercules
Sphaeropoeus hercules from Sumatra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Sphaerotheriida
Family:	Zephroniidae
Genus:	Sphaeropoeus
Species:	S. hercules
Binomial name
Sphaeropoeus hercules Brandt, 1833

Distribution

This species can be found in Sumatra.^[2]

Bibliography

• Pocock, Reginald Innes (1894) Chilopoda, Symphyla and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago, In: Weber, M.: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien, Band 3: 307–404.
• Jeekel, Casimir Albrecht Willem (2001) A bibliographic catalogue of the Asiatic Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda), Myriapod memoranda, 3: 5-38: 5-38.
• Jeekel, Casimir Albrecht Willem (1971) Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957, Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412: 1–412.
• SysMyr: Systematic Myriapod Database. Spelda J., 2008-12-29