Bergamosoma canestrinii (Fedrizzi 1877)
- Dataset
- Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Diplopoda
- order
- Chordeumatida
- family
- Craspedosomatidae
- genus
- Bergamosoma
- species
- Bergamosoma canestrinii
description
Fig. 1 E
description
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.
discussion
Remarks Found feeding on fox (Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758 )) excrements in the Swiss National Park (J. D. Gilgado pers. com., see Fig. 1 E).
distribution
Distribution AT, CH, DE, IT-ITA.