Marine Species Traits - Glomeris ligurica Latzel, 1886

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Glomeris ligurica Latzel, 1886

AphiaID

952373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:952373)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Glomeris Latreille, 1802

Original name

Glomeris ligurica Latzel, 1886

Synonymised names

Glomeris ligurica genuina Latzel, 1886 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Glomeris ligurica levantina Verhoeff, 1909
Subspecies Glomeris ligurica genuina Latzel, 1886 accepted as Glomeris ligurica Latzel, 1886

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Latzel, R. (1886). Diagnosi di specie e varieta nuove di Miriapodi raccolti in Liguria dal Dott. G. Caneva. Bollettino della Società entomologica Italiana, 18: 308-309, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27517451
page(s): 308; note: As Glomeris connexa var ligurica, with subvarieties xantopyge and nycthemera which have no standing in nomenclature [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Glomeris ligurica Latzel, 1886. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=952373 on 2026-09-20

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Glomeris ligurica Latzel, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=952373 on 2026-09-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-01-26 11:29:55Z

created

Sierwald, Petra

2017-08-21 12:12:25Z

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Spelda, Jörg

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original description Latzel, R. (1886). Diagnosi di specie e varieta nuove di Miriapodi raccolti in Liguria dal Dott. G. Caneva. Bollettino della Società entomologica Italiana, 18: 308-309, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27517451
page(s): 308; note: As Glomeris connexa var ligurica, with subvarieties xantopyge and nycthemera which have no standing in nomenclature [details]

additional source Kime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2011). Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) Volume 1 Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. Fauna Europaea Evertebrata. 3: 1-282; June 2011.
page(s): 28; note: There are two records of G. ligurica xanthopyge Latzel 1886 in France, at Sospel and Magnanosc. The identity of these specimens remains doubtful. [details]

additional source Verhoeff, K. W. (1911). Ueber Diplopoden. 20. (40.) Aufsatz: Neuer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattung Glomeris. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg, 67: 78-147. Stuttgart, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37125144
page(s): 135; note: Elevation of the variety G. connexa ligurica to Glomeris ligurica [details]

additional source Wesener, T. (2015). Integrative redescription of a forgotten Italian pill millipede endemic to the Apuan Alps—Glomeris apuana Verhoeff, 1911 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae). Zootaxa. 4039(2): 391., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4039.2.11
page(s): 391; note: Barcoding, genetic identification [details]

additional source Wesener, T.; Conrad, C. (2016). Local Hotspots of Endemism or Artifacts of Incorrect Taxonomy? The Status of Microendemic Pill Millipede Species of the Genus Glomeris in Northern Italy (Diplopoda, Glomerida). PLOS ONE. 11(9): e0162284., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162284
page(s): 1 [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Glomeris ligurica)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)