Genus Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895

Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895: 410 .

Globotherium Brolemann, 1922: 230 (formal synonymization in Wesener & Wägele 2008: 9).

Heligmasoma Chamberlin, 1921: 58 (formal synonymization in Wesener & Wägele 2008: 9).

See Wesener (2016) for a summary; five additional species have been described since then (Sagorny & Wesener 2017; Wesener & Anilkumar 2020).

Type species

Sphaerotherium neptunus Butler, 1872 .

Other species included

66 and 11 nomina dubia (including the species described below).

Distribution

Endemic to Madagascar.

Remarks

The diverse genus Zoosphaerium has been divided into six species-groups (Wesener & Wägele 2008; Wesener 2009). Six additional species are currently not assignable to any group (Sagorny & Wesener 2017). Four species are only known from females and an additional 11 species are nomina dubia. A key to the species-groups has been published elsewhere (Wesener 2009).