Zoosphaerium villosum Wesener & Sierwald, 2005

Wesener, Thomas & Sagorny, Christina, 2021, Seven new giant pill-millipede species and numerous new records of the genus Zoosphaerium from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae), European Journal of Taxonomy 758 (1), pp. 1-48 : 40

Zoosphaerium villosum Wesener & Sierwald, 2005

Material examined

MADAGASCAR – Toamasina • 1 ♂; Parc National de Zahamena, Tetezambatana forest, near jct of Nosivola and Manakambahiny Rivers; 17°44′35″ S, 48°43′46″ E; alt. 860 m; general collecting in camp, rainforest; 18–19 Feb. 2009; B.L. Fisher et al. leg.; coll. no. BLF 21973; CASENT 9068292 .

Remarks

Another locality for this species ( Fig. 13C ), which appears to be common in northeastern Malagasy lowland rainforests, is added (cf Wesener et al. 2010b).

Figures

Fig. 13. Distribution maps marking new localities for known species of Zoosphaerium. Vegetation color marks modified from Moat & Smith 2007. A. Z. neptunus (Butler, 1872).B. Z. platylabum (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897). C. 1 = Z. piligerum (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897); 2 = Z. villosum Wesener & Sierwald, 2015; 3 = Z. libidinosum (de Saussure & Zehntner, 1897); 4 =Zoosphaerium discolor Wesener, 2009. D. Unidentifiable juvenile Zoosphaerium samples.