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Sphaeromimus
''Sphaeromimus'' (Latin: small ball animal), or the chirping giant pill millipedes, is a genus of giant pill millipedes (order Sphaerotheriida) endemic to southeastern Madagascar. Though described in 1902, the genus was up to 2005 known from a single male specimen, whose appearance was so unusual that the authors suspected a mislabeled giant pill-millipede from India. Their unusual and distinct morphology includes well-developed stridulation organs, probably as devices for courtship. These are the male ‘harp’ and the female ‘washboard’, which contain more stridulation ribs than in other members of the order Sphaerotheriida.〔 They have a closer affinity with the Indian genus ''Arthrosphaera'' than to other Malagasy genera, though all belong to the Arthrosphaeridae.〔
==Relationships==
It belongs to the family Arthrosphaeridae, which besides ''Sphaeromimus'' includes the Malagasy genera ''Zoosphaerium'' and ''Microsphaerotherium'', and the Indian genus ''Arthrosphaera''. Recent research has shown that ''Sphaeromimus'' is more closely related to the Indian genus ''Arthrosphaera'' than to the other Malagasy genera.〔
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