A synopsis of Estonian myriapod fauna (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda)

Abstract

The data on Estonian Myriapoda are scattered in various publications and there has been no overview of the fauna up to the present. A critical summary of the previous information on Estonian Myriapoda is given, supplemented by new records and distribution maps. Altogether, 5784 specimens from 276 collecting sites were studied. To the hitherto recorded 14 centipede species are added Lithobiusmelanops, L.microps, Geophiluscarpophagus, G.flavus, Strigamiatranssilvanica and Stenotaenialinearis, a probably introduced species. Of the 27 published Estonian millipede species, the data on two species proved erroneous, and two new species were recorded (Craspedosomaraulinsii and Cylindroiulusbritannicus). Two previously recorded millipede species – Brachyiuluspusillus and Mastigophorophyllonsaxonicum – were not found in the recent samples, the latter may have become more rare or extinct. Pauropoda and Symphyla lack previous reliable records. Combined with published data, the number of myriapod species known from Estonia is now set at 52. Some changes in species distribution and frequencies were detected comparing the published data with new records. Some data about habitat preferences of the more common species are also given. The majority of species have a western Palaearctic distribution, while six species are at the northern limit of their ranges.

Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda)

“…This species seems recently to have expanded its range in northeastern Europe. It had not been recorded from Estonia until 2010, but is now widespread in the country (Sammet et al 2018). It is also a newcomer in the fauna of Latvia where it is now common in a variety of habitats (Spuņģis 2010).…”

“…Apparently a species in decline; thus, there are no newer finds from Estonia (Sammet et al 2018), nor from Latvia (Spuņģis 2010) or Germany (Reip et al 2012). Genus Taurinosoma Verhoeff, 1932 445.…”

Some centipedes and millipedes (Myriapoda) new to the fauna of Belarus

“…A widespread Euro-Siberian species distributed in the western Palaearctic, ranging from northwestern Africa through most of Europe to Siberia; also introduced to North America [Bonato et al, 2005;Nefediev et al, 2017]. The published synonymy of Schizotaenia ornata Folkmanová also introduced to North America (Canada, U.S.A.) and Australia (Tasmania) [Palmén, 1948[Palmén, , 1988Stoev, 2000Stoev, , 2001Zapparoli, 2002;Andersson et al, 2005;Tuf et al, 2015;Bonato et al, 2016;Sammet et al, 2018 [Kime, Enghoff, 2017]. In the European part of Russia, it has been recorded from the Kaliningrad, Moscow and Leningrad areas, and the Perm Province [Lokšina, 1969;Atlavinytė, Lokšina, 1971;Zalesskaja et al, 1982;Andersson et al, 2008;Spuòìis, 2010;Kime, Enghoff, 2017;Kozminykh, 2018].…”