Glomeris balcanica Verhoeff, 1906 is a animal in the Glomeridae family, order Glomerida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Glomeris balcanica Verhoeff, 1906

Glomeris balcanica Verhoeff, 1906

Glomeris balcanica (the Balkan pill millipede) is a pill millipede found in parts of Southeastern Europe's Mediterranean Quercus coccifera forests.

Family
Genus
Glomeris
Order
Glomerida
Class
Diplopoda

About Glomeris balcanica Verhoeff, 1906

Glomeris balcanica, commonly called the Balkan pill millipede, is a species of pill millipede belonging to the family Glomeridae and the order Glomerida. This species has a restricted native range in South-eastern Europe, where it occurs in Bulgaria, Italy, North Macedonia, and European Turkey. It lives in Mediterranean climates, where it inhabits the leaf litter of Quercus coccifera forests.

Photo: (c) Panagiotis Dalagiorgos, all rights reserved, uploaded by Panagiotis Dalagiorgos

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Diplopoda Glomerida Glomeridae Glomeris

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