History of changes

• Procyliosoma Silvestri, F. 1917. Materiali per una revisione dei Diplopoda Oniscomorpha. II. Specie di Sphaeroteriidae delle regioni australiana e neozelandese a me note. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 12: 61-85 [75].

  Type species:

   Procyliosoma leae Silvestri, 1917 by original designation.
• Syncyliosoma Silvestri, F. 1917. Materiali per una revisione dei Diplopoda Oniscomorpha. II. Specie di Sphaeroteriidae delle regioni australiana e neozelandese a me note. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 12: 61-85 [first introduced as a subgenus of Procyliosoma Silvestri, 1917; junior subjective synonym of Procyliosoma Silvestri, 1917; raised to genus in Jeekel, C.A.W. 1974. The group taxonomy and geography of the Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda). Symposia of the Zoological Society, London 32: 41-52].

  Type species:

   Procyliosoma (Sincyliosoma) aurivillii Silvestri, 1917 by original designation.
• Cyliosomella Verhoeff, K.W. 1924. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 34. Myriapoda: Diplopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 16(5): 1-142, pls 1-5 [48] [junior subjective synonym of Procyliosoma Silvestri, 1917].

  Type species:

   Cyliosomella castaneum Verhoeff, 1924 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jeekel, C.A.W. 1986. Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida). Beaufortia 36(3): 35-50 [Date published 30 September 1986] [38]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Cyliosomella andersoni Verhoeff, K.W. 1928. On Diplopoda in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 16(2): 79-115, pls 6-12 [Date published 24 January 1928] [85].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM KS76521 (number of types not known), Upper Richmond River, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Procyliosoma andersoni (Verhoeff, 1928). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1986. Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida). Beaufortia 36(3): 35-50 [Date published 30 September 1986] [39]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

History of changes

• Procyliosoma (Sincyliosoma) aurivillii Silvestri, F. 1917. Materiali per una revisione dei Diplopoda Oniscomorpha. II. Specie di Sphaeroteriidae delle regioni australiana e neozelandese a me note. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 12: 61-85 [85].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NHRM (at least 1 female), Cape York, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

General References

Silvestri, F. 1917. Materiali per una revisione dei Diplopoda Oniscomorpha. II. Specie di Sphaeroteriidae delle regioni australiana e neozelandese a me note. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 12: 61-85 [85] (original spelling Sincyliosoma)

History of changes

• Cyliosomella castaneum Verhoeff, K.W. 1924. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 34. Myriapoda: Diplopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 16(5): 1-142, pls 1-5 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Herberton, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Cyliosoma castanea (Verhoeff, 1924). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1981. Australia Expedition 1980; legit C.A.W. Jeekel and A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers. List of collecting stations, together with general notes on the distribution of millipedes in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam 30: 1-59 [24]
• Procyliosoma castaneum (Verhoeff, 1924). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1986. Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida). Beaufortia 36(3): 35-50 [Date published 30 September 1986] [39]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

History of changes

• Cyliosomella andersoni dorrigense Verhoeff, K.W. 1928. On Diplopoda in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 16(2): 79-115, pls 6-12 [Date published 24 January 1928] [87].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂ (sample missing), North Dorrigo, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Procyliosoma dorrigense (Verhoeff, 1928). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1986. Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida). Beaufortia 36(3): 35-50 [Date published 30 September 1986] [39]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

History of changes

• Procyliosoma (Procyliosoma) leae Silvestri, F. 1917. Materiali per una revisione dei Diplopoda Oniscomorpha. II. Specie di Sphaeroteriidae delle regioni australiana e neozelandese a me note. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 12: 61-85 [77].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (male and female syntypes), Hobart, TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

History of changes

• Procyliosoma (Procyliosoma) tasmanicum Silvestri, F. 1917. Materiali per una revisione dei Diplopoda Oniscomorpha. II. Specie di Sphaeroteriidae delle regioni australiana e neozelandese a me note. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Facoltà Agraria in Portici 12: 61-85 [78].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (male and female syntypes), Hobart, TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

History of changes

• Sphaerotherium walesianum Karsch, F. 1881. Zur Formenlehre der pentazonen Myriopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47(1): 19-35, pl. 2 [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 370 ♂ (see Moritz & Fischer (1973)), Sydney (as 'Sidney'), NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Cyliosoma walesianum (Karsch, 1881). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1981. Australia Expedition 1980; legit C.A.W. Jeekel and A.M. Jeekel-Rijvers. List of collecting stations, together with general notes on the distribution of millipedes in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Verslagen en Technische Gegevens, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie (Zoölogisch Museum), Universiteit van Amsterdam 30: 1-59 [26]
• Procyliosoma walesianum (Karsch, 1881). —
  Jeekel, C.A.W. 1986. Millipedes from Australia, 10: Three interesting new species and a new genus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida, Spirobolida, Polydesmida). Beaufortia 36(3): 35-50 [Date published 30 September 1986] [39]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Nothing known.

General References

Moritz, M. & Fischer, S. 1973. Die Typen der Myriapoden-Sammlung des Zoologisches Museums Berlin. I. Diplopoda. Teil 1: Polyxenida, Glomerida, Sphaerotheriida, Glomeridesmida, Polyzoniida, Craspedosomatida (Striariidae, Trachysomatidae, Chamaesomatidae, Orobainosomatidae, Mastigophorophyllidae, Neoatractosomatidae, Verhoeffiidae, Heterolatzeliidae, Conotylidae, Diplomaragnidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 49(2): 351-385

History of changes