Chordeuma proximum Ribaut, 1913

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 57

149. Chordeuma proximum Ribaut, 1913

Fig. 3F

Distribution

FR-FRA, GB-CI, GB-GRB, GB-NI, IE.

Habitat

A typical woodland animal, maybe with a preference for acidic soils. Most often found in leaf litter, e.g., Quercus , Carpinus , Fagus . An annual species in southern UK, maybe biannual further north ( Blower 1985).

Figures

Fig. 3. A selection of European species of Chordeumatida C.L. Koch, 1847, various families. A. Psichrosoma cf. breuli (Mauriès, 1970) (Vandeleumatidae Mauriès, 1970). B. Turdulisoma cf. helenreadae Mauriès, 2015 (Haplobainosomatidae Verhoeff, 1909). C. Hylebainosoma nontronense Mauriès & Kime, 1999 (Haaseidae Attems, 1899). D. Anamastigona pulchella (Silvestri, 1894) (Anthroleucosomatidae Verhoeff, 1899). E. Melogona gallica (Latzel, 1884) (Chordeumatidae C.L. Koch, 1847). F. Chordeuma proximum Ribaut, 1913 (Chordeumatidae). G. Ceratosphys amoena Ribaut, 1920 (Opisthocheiridae Ribaut, 1913). H. Mastigona mutabilis (Latzel, 1884) (Mastigophorophyllidae Verhoeff, 1899). Photo credits: Paul Richards, www.flickr.com/invertimages (A–E, G), Trevor and Dilys Pendleton (F), Jörg Spelda (H).