Glomeris guttata is a species of pill millipede within the genus Glomeris and family Glomeridae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Glomerida |
| Family: | Glomeridae |
| Genus: | Glomeris |
| Species: | G. guttata
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| Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826
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Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826". Millibase. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Deschamps-Cottin, M. and Descimon, H., 1996. A possible case of mimicry in the caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (L.)(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica (Belgium).
- ^ "Glomeris guttata Risso, 1826". Fauna Europaea. 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ 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.