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Macrosternodesmus palicola Brolemann 1908

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Description

Macrosternodesmus palicola Brölemann, 1908

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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.

Notes

Published as part of Gilgado, José D., 2020, Hidden in plain sight: six millipede species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) new for the fauna of Switzerland, pp. 249-259 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 127 (2) on page 255, DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0019, http://zenodo.org/record/5743643

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMB-
Event date
2018-01-06 , 2018-05-31 , 2018-07-06
Verbatim event date
2018-01-06 , 2018-05-31 , 2018-07-06
Scientific name authorship
Brolemann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Polydesmida
Family
Macrosternodesmidae
Genus
Macrosternodesmus
Species
palicola
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Macrosternodesmus palicola Brolemann, 1908 sec. Gilgado, 2020

References

  • Brolemann H. W. 1908. Description d'un genre nouveau et d'une espece nouvelle de Myriapodes de France. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France 1908 (7): 94 - 96.
  • Verhoeff K. W. 1910. Uber Diplopoden. 42. Aufsatz: Neue Polydesmiden aus Mitteleuropa und ihre Verwandten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 36 (6 - 7): 132 - 145.
  • Kime R. D., Enghoff H. 2011. Atlas of European millipedes (Class Diplopoda), vol. 1: orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptidae, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 282 pp.
  • Tajovsky K., Tuf I. H. 2016. An annotated checklist of the millipedes (Diplopoda) recorded in the Czech Republic. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 80 (1): 33 - 37.
  • Blower J. G. 1985. Millipedes: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Vol. 35. In: Kermack D. M., Barnes R. S. K. (eds), Synopses of the British Fauna, new series. Linnean Society, London, 242 pp.