Glomeris guttata is a species of pill millipede within the genus Glomeris and family Glomeridae.
Description The dorsal plates of Glomeris guttata are brown to black, possessing four rows of orange or reddish-orange spots.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. The head of G. guttata lacks spots and is brown to black in colour. Glomeris guttata expresses Müllerian mimicry, sharing a colour pattern with the caterpillar of the apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) of which they share a habitat.Deschamps-Cottin, M. and Descimon, H., 1996. A possible case of mimicry in the caterpillar of Parnassius apollo (L.)(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Linneana Belgica (Belgium).
Distribution and habitat Glomeris guttata is native to Southwest Europe, where it can be found within the countries of France, Italy and Monaco. The species can be found living within alpine habitats such as the Var basin in Southern France.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, .
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