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Onomeris

Wesener, Thomas

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Onomeris is a genus of pill millipede found in the eastern United States. First described by Orator F. Cook in 1896, Onomeris was first posited as the type genus of a new family called Onomeridae, but this was later rejected due to similarities between Onomeris and the European genus Glomeris, another Glomeridae genus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassDiplopoda
  4. OrderGlomerida
  5. FamilyGlomeridae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
11
Family
Glomeridae
Collections
USNM, FMNH
Recorded in
United States

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Onomeris is a genus of pill millipede found in the eastern United States. First described by Orator F. Cook in 1896, Onomeris was first posited as the type genus of a new family called Onomeridae, but this was later rejected due to similarities between Onomeris and the European genus Glomeris, another Glomeridae genus.

== Description == Onomeris millipedes are smaller than other Glomeridae genera, generally measuring less than 5 mm in body length, and 2 mm in width They are light grayish or brown in color, with darker posterior and lateral edges. Some specimens have pale lateral spots.

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