Bergamosoma canestrinii ( Fedrizzi, 1877 )

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2021, Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 769, pp. 1-244 : 66

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scientific name	Bergamosoma canestrinii ( Fedrizzi, 1877 )
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185. Bergamosoma canestrinii ( Fedrizzi, 1877) View in CoL

Fig. 1E View Fig

Megalosoma canestrinii Fedrizzi, 1877 View in CoL .

Prionosoma baldense Verhoeff, 1934 View in CoL .

Atractosoma canestrinii View in CoL auct.

Craspedosoma canestrinii View in CoL auct.

Prionosoma canestrinii View in CoL auct.

Distribution

AT, CH, DE, IT-ITA.

Habitat

Rocky areas with shallow soil, alpine meadows with Dryas octopetala L. on south-facing slopes. Also subalpine, strictly calcicole and found from 1000–2460 m a.s.l. in Switzerland. Occasionally in caves, once in a botanic garden.

Remarks

Found feeding on fox ( Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)) excrements in the Swiss National Park (J.D. Gilgado pers. com., see Fig. 1E View Fig ).

References

Fedrizzi G. 1877. Miriapodi del Trentino raccolti e classificati. I. I Chilognathi. Annuario della Societa dei Naturalisti in Modena, Serie 2 11: 80 - 110.

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).