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 Macrosternodesmus palicola Brölemann, 1908 Fig. 6 Macrosternodesmus palicola Brölemann, 1908 . Titanosoma jurassicum Verhoeff, 1910 . Material examined: NMB- 703a; 1 male ; Switzerland , Basel-Stadt , private garden , 47°33′40.182″N , 7°34′42.937″E , 270 m ; 31.05.2018 ; J. D. Gilgado et al. leg.; active capture . – NMB- 703b; 1 female ; same data but 07.06.2018 . – NMB- 703c; 1 female ; Switzerland , Basel-Landschaft , Binningen , private garden , 47°32′01.31″N , 7°34′52.79″E , 345 m ; 01.06.2018 ; J. D. Gilgado et al. leg.; active capture . Distribution: France , Belgium , British Isles, Czech Republic , Denmark , Germany , Luxembourg , the Netherlands , Norway and Sweden ( Kime & Enghoff, 2011 ; Tajovský & Tuf, 2016 ). Remarks: This is a very small millipedes species, only up to 4 mm long ( Blower, 1985 ). According to Kime & Enghoff (2011) this species has an Atlantic distribution and may be originally native to deciduous woodlands (mostly Fagus forests) on calcareous soils. However, nowadays most records of this species are from humanmade biotopes.