Glomeris guttata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Glomerida
Family: Glomeridae
Genus: Glomeris
Species:
G. guttata
Binomial name
Glomeris guttata
Risso, 1826
Synonyms
List
  • Eurypleuroglomeris guttata (Risso, 1826)
  • Glomeris connexa var. guttata Risso, 1826
  • Glomeris europaea guttata Risso, 1826
  • Glomeris guttata guttata Risso, 1826
  • Glomeris saussurei Verhoeff, 1911

Glomeris guttata is a species of pill millipede within the genus Glomeris and family Glomeridae.[1]

Description

The dorsal plates of Glomeris guttata are brown to black, possessing four rows of orange or reddish-orange spots.[2] The head of G. guttata lacks spots and is brown to black in colour.[2] Glomeris guttata expresses Müllerian mimicry, sharing a colour pattern with the caterpillar of the apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) of which they share a habitat.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Glomeris guttata is native to Southwest Europe, where it can be found within the countries of France, Italy and Monaco.[4] The species can be found living within alpine habitats such as the Var basin in Southern France.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826". Millibase. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  2. 1 2 Brandt, J. F. (1833). Tentaminum quorundam monographicorum Insecta Myriapoda Chilognathi Latreillii spectantium prodromus. Bulletin De La Societé Impériale Des Naturalistes De Moscou, 6: pp. 196.
  3. ↑ Deschamps-Cottin, M. and Descimon, H., 1996. A possible case of mimicry in the caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (L.)(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica (Belgium).
  4. ↑ "Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826". Fauna Europaea. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  5. ↑ René Hoess, Adolf Scholl, Allozyme and Literature Study of Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826, and G. connexa Koch, 1847, a Case of Taxonomic Confusion (Diplopoda: Glomeridae), Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology, Volume 240, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-33, ISSN 0044-5231, doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00003.
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