Cylindroiulus salicivorus Verhoeff, 1908

Gilgado, José D., 2020, Hidden in plain sight: six millipede species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) new for the fauna of Switzerland, Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2), pp. 249-259 : 251-252

Cylindroiulus salicivorus Verhoeff, 1908

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Cylindroiulus salicivorus Verhoeff, 1908 .

Castaneoiulus salicivorus . – Verhoeff, 1930.

Material examined: NMB- 700a; 1 male; Switzerland, Basel-Stadt, private garden , 47°34′01.05″N, 7°34′41.16″E, 260 m; 31.05.2018; J. D. Gilgado et al. leg.; active capture . – NMB- 700b; 1 female; Switzerland, Basel-Landschaft, Binningen , private garden , 47°32′11.68″N, 7°33′49.24″E, 345 m; 20.06.2018; J. D. Gilgado et al. leg.; active capture.

Distribution: Germany, Great Britain, Italy ( Kime & Enghoff, 2017).

Remarks: Cylindroiulus salicivorus seems to naturally occur south of the Alps, were it has been recorded from wet grasslands with Salix trees and from humus beneath Castanea trees. The records from Scotland are from botanical gardens ( Lee, 2006), and the record from Germany is from Karlsruhe Palace ( Spelda, 2005), suggesting that it was introduced to these two locations ( Kime & Enghoff, 2017).

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Fig. 2. Cylindroiulus salicivorus Verhoeff, 1908. (A) Adult female from Binningen (NMB-700b). Colour darkened due to preservation. Scale bar 2 mm. (B) Detail of head and anterior part of trunk of dissected male from Basel-Stadt (NMB-700a). Scale bar 0.5 mm. (C) Gonopod of same male specimen in lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: m, mesomerite; p, promerite; s, solenomerite; sc, sperm channel.