Atractosoma meridionale Fanzago, 1876

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 64

176. Atractosoma meridionale Fanzago, 1876

Fig. 1D

Distribution

CH, DE, HR, IT-ITA, SI.

Habitat

Forests, mainly cool ones; a pronounced mountain forest anmal, only above the timber line when wood debris is present; 1000–2600 m a.s.l. in Switzerland.

Figures

Fig. 1. A selection of European species of Chordeumatida C.L. Koch, 1847, family Craspedosomatidae Gray, 1843. A. Nanogona polydesmoides (Leach, 1814). B. Rhymogona verhoeffi (Bigler, 1913). C. Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814, in copula. D. Atractosoma meridionale Fanzago, 1876. E. Bergamosoma canestrinii (Fedrizzi, 1878), feeding on excrements of fox (Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)). Photo credits: Paul Richards, www.flickr.com/invertimages (A, C), Jörg Spelda (B, D), José Domingo Gilgado (E).