Nanogona polydesmoides (Leach, 1814)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 83

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scientific name	Nanogona polydesmoides (Leach, 1814)
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262. Nanogona polydesmoides (Leach, 1814)

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Craspedosoma polydesmoides Leach, 1814 .

Atractosoma latzeli Verhoeff, 1891 .

Polymicrodon polydesmoides auct.

Craspedosoma latzeli auct.

Grypogona latzeli auct.

Distribution

BE, DE, DK-DEN, FR-FRA, GB-GRB, GB-NI, IE, IT-ITA, NO-NOR, SE.

Habitat

A wide range of habitats including deciduous woodlands, caves, waste ground; very often caves and crevices in limestone and karstic areas; troglophile; also Picea plantation, grassland. Probably introduced in the northern part of the distribution area.

Figures

Fig. 1. A selection of European species of Chordeumatida C.L. Koch, 1847, family Craspedosomatidae Gray, 1843. A. Nanogona polydesmoides (Leach, 1814). B. Rhymogona verhoeffi (Bigler, 1913). C. Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814, in copula. D. Atractosoma meridionale Fanzago, 1876. E. Bergamosoma canestrinii (Fedrizzi, 1878), feeding on excrements of fox (Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)). Photo credits: Paul Richards, www.flickr.com/invertimages (A, C), Jörg Spelda (B, D), José Domingo Gilgado (E).