Rhopalomeris dinghushan
| Rhopalomeris dinghushan | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Glomerida |
| Family: | Glomeridae |
| Genus: | Rhopalomeris |
| Species: | R. dinghushan |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhopalomeris dinghushan Fan Z, Huang H, Zhang Z, Zhang L, Liu W, 2026 | |
Rhopalomeris dinghushan is a species of pill millipede that belongs to the family Glomeridae.[1]
The species was named after the locality the species was discovered in, the Dinghu Mountains located in Guangdong, Southern China.[1]
Description
It has a relatively large body compared to other species of the same genus with it ranging in length from 15.0–21.0 mm. The body is a vivid blackish-brown with distinctive marbled paramedian spots covering it. These spots have a yellowish-brown color. Its legs are long and slender.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Fan, Zongji; Huang, Hengjie; Zhang, Zekun; Zhang, Li; Liu, Weixin (2026-05-20). "The pill millipede genus Rhopalomeris Verhoeff, 1906 new to the fauna of China, with an integrative description of a new species from Guangdong Province (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae)". ZooKeys (1280): 45–61. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1280.190182. ISSN 1313-2970.