A preliminary survey and range extension of millipedes species introduced in Brazil (Myriapoda, Diplopoda)

Author(s)

Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta ; Rodrigo Salvador Bouzan ; Patrícia Elesbão da Silva Rodrigues ^[3] ; Thais Melo de Almeida ^[4] ; Ricardo Ott ^[5] ; Antonio Domingos Brescovit ^[6]

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo); v. 61, 2021-12-08.

Abstract

Abstract The present study provides historical and new records of the introduced millipedes species in Brazil, Oxidus gracilis (C.L. Koch, 1847), Orthomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860) (Paradoxosomatidae), Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910 (Haplodesmidae), Trachyjulus calvus (Pocock, 1893a), Glyphiulus granulatus (Gervais, 1847) (Cambalopsidae), Trigoniulus corallinus (Gervais, 1842), Leptogoniulus sorornus (Butler, 1876), Epitrigoniulus cruentatus (Brölemann, 1903) (Pachybolidae), Paraspirobolus lucifugus (Gervais, 1837) (Spirobolellidae), Cylindroiulus britannicus (Verhoeff, 1891), Cylindroiulus truncorum (Silvestri, 1896) (Julidae), and Rhinotus purpureus (Pocock, 1894) (Siphonotidae). Among the 27 federative units in Brazil, 21 states present at least one record of a non-native species. Orthomorpha coarctata was the most widely distributed species, occurring in 15 states. Glyphiulus granulatus (state of Rio Grande do Sul), C. truncorum (São Paulo), and R. purpureus (Amazonas) were recorded from only one Brazilian state. The Southeast region concentrates most of the compiled records (42,6%) and richness by grid (5-7 species), mainly in urban areas of the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 16/24248-0 - Review and cladistic analysis of the genus Pseudonannolene Silvestri, 1895 (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Pseudonannolenidae)
• Grantee: Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 18/00103-8 - Review and cladistic analysis of Arthrosolaenomeridini Hoffman, 1976 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Chelodesmidae)
• Grantee: Rodrigo Salvador Bouzan
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master