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

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scientific name	Ceratosphys amoena Ribaut, 1920
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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).

References

Telfer M. G., Gregory S. J., Kime R. D., Owen C. & Spelda J. 2015: Ceratosphys amoena Ribaut, 1920 and Hylebainosoma nontronensis Mauries & Kime, 1999 new to Britain (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida). Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group 28: 15 - 30.