Hidden in plain sight: six millipede species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) new for the fauna of Switzerland
Author
Gilgado, José D.
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2020
2020-09-30
127
2
249
259
journal article
118435
10.35929/RSZ.0019
58f2852f-1b27-41f9-a977-4fde97ecb233
0035-418
5743643
Heteroiulus intermedius
(Brölemannn, 1892)
Fig. 4
Julus intermedius
Brölemann, 1892
.
Allajulus salvadorii
Silvestri, 1896
.
Material examined:
NMB-
272b;
1 male
;
Switzerland
,
Ticino
,
Bellinzona
,
forest close to settlements
,
46°12′06.61″N
,
9°02′17.88″E
,
265 m
;
01.04.2018
;
J. D. Gilgado
&
V. Martínez-Pillado
leg.;
active capture
under a stone
.
Fig. 3.
Cylindroiulus vulnerarius
(
Berlese, 1888
)
. (A) Adult female from Binningen (NMB-701b). Scale bar 2 mm. (B) Detail of head and anterior part of trunk of male (NMB-701a). Scale bar 0.5 mm. (C) Gonopod of same specimen in lateral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: m, mesomerite; p, promerite; s, solenomerite; sc, sperm channel.
Distribution:
Northern
Italy
(
Kime & Enghoff, 2017
).
Remarks:
This species is known to inhabit the deep and decomposed litter layer in
Castanea
,
Carpinus
and
Quercus
forests (
Kime & Enghoff, 2017
).