Glyphiulus is a genus of millipedes belonging to the order Spirostreptida, family Cambalopsidae. It is the largest Southeast Asian millipede genus comprise about 47 to 57 species ranging from southern China, northern Laos, and northern Thailand in the north to southern Vietnam in the south. The type species shows a pantropical distribution.[1] The number of species always changes due to continuous discoveries of new species.[2][3]

Glyphiulus
Glyphiulus sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Spirostreptida
Family: Cambalopsidae
Subfamily: Glyphiulinae
Genus: Glyphiulus
Gervais, 1847
Type species
Glyphiulus granulatus
Gervais, 1847
Synonyms
  • Glyphijulus Karsch, 1881
  • Cambalomorpha Pocock, 1895
  • Keratoglyphiulus Attems, 1909
  • Formosoglyphius Verhoeff, 1936
  • Koinoglyphius Carl, 1941
  • Octoglyphus Loksa, 1960
  • Trogloglyphus Loksa, 1960

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