Procyliosoma

{{Short description|Genus of millipedes}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Procyliosoma delacyi.jpg

| image_caption = Procyliosoma delacyi

| parent_authority = Wesener & VandenSpiegel, 2009

| taxon = Procyliosoma

| authority = Silvestri, 1917

| type_species = Procyliosoma leae

| type_species_authority = Silvestri, 1917

}}

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Procyliosoma is a genus of pill millipede found in Australia and New Zealand. Formerly classified in the family Sphaerotheriidae, in 2009 Procyliosoma was reclassified as the only genus in the family Procyliosomatidae.{{cite journal|last=Wesener|first=Thomas|author2=VandenSpiegel, Didier|title=A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism|journal=Cladistics|date=2009|volume=25|issue=6|pages=545–573|doi=10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00267.x|s2cid=86041765}}

Species

Further reading

  • {{cite journal |author=Beverley A. Holloway |year=1956 |title=Revision of the New Zealand pill millipedes (Oniscomorpha, Sphaerotheridae) |journal=Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand |volume=84 |issue=2 |pages=431–446 |url=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_84/rsnz_84_02_003640.html}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.polydesmida.info/millipedesofaustralia/sphaerot/procylio.html |title=Sphaerotheriida: Procyliosoma |work=Millipedes of Australia |access-date=9 March 2011 |author=Bob Mesibov|author-link=Robert Mesibov}}

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