Xylophageuma zschokkei Bigler, 1912

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 112

390. Xylophageuma zschokkei Bigler, 1912

Fig. 2C

Distribution

BE, CH, FR-FRA.

Habitat

In cool ravines and shady, humid forests, especially under Abies bark, sometimes in cave entrances; from 410–1240 m a.s.l. in Switzerland.

Remarks

The record from Belgium (not shown on the map) refers to a single female found in a well ( Kime 2004). See also caption to Fig. 2 .

Figures

Fig. 2. A selection of European species of Chordeumatida C.L. Koch, 1847, various families. A. Halleinosoma noricum Verhoeff, 1913 (Trachygonidae Cook, 1896). B. Syngonopodium aceris Verhoeff, 1913 (Attemsiidae Verhoeff, 1899). C. Xylophageuma zschokkei Bigler, 1912 (Haaseidae Attems, 1899), in copula. D. Haplogona oculodistincta (Verhoeff, 1893) (Verhoeffiidae Verhoeff, 1899), in copula. E. Haasea fonticulorum (Verhoeff, 1910) (Haaseidae), in copula. Jörg Spelda has pointed out that on Figs 2C and 2E, both showing copulation in species of Haaseidae, the female is seen to be partially covered in a fine web (most evident in Fig. 2E), probably produced by the male’s spinning glands and perhaps serving to ‘strap down’ the female to the ground. Photo credits: Jörg Spelda.