Ceratosphys amoena Ribaut, 1920

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 129

475. Ceratosphys amoena Ribaut, 1920

Fig. 3G

Ceratosphys confusa Ribaut, 1955 .

Ceratosphys dentata Ribaut, 1956 .

Ceratosphys taurus Ribaut, 1956 .

Distribution

BE, FR-FRA, GB-GBR.

Habitat

Largely montane, in woods which are wet and/or have deep litter. In Fagus woodland in Wales.

Remarks

Telfer et al. (2015) discussed whether this species is native or introduced to the UK. Five subspecies have been described from the Pyrenees and the Montagne Noire in France, but only C. amoena ssp. confusa has been found outside France: in Belgium and Wales ( Telfer et al. 2015).

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).