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
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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.