Anamastigona pulchella (Silvestri, 1894)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 36

48. Anamastigona pulchella (Silvestri, 1894)

Fig. 3D

Craspedosoma pulchellum Silvestri, 1894 .

Prodicus attemsii Verhoeff, 1900 .

Anamastigona attemsi auct.

Prodicus macchiae Verhoeff, 1930 .

Distribution

CH, DE, FR-FRA, GB-GRB, GB-NI, IE, IT-ITA, MC, PT-MDR.

Habitat

Among stones and leaf litter ( Silvestri 1903). The finds from Northern Ireland are from woodland ( Anderson 1996); those from Germany, Great Britain and France all seem to be synanthropic ( Lindner et al. 2010; Gregory et al. 2015; Geoffroy in litt.). On Madeira, A. pulchella is common in the indigenous laurel forest (laurisilva) where it was mostly found under leaf litter, but also under stones, under moss on stones, under bark, in a bracket fungus, and in dead wood; at night it was observed crawling on tree trunks (HE pers. obs.).

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).