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Swiss National Diplopoda Databank

Dataset homepage

Citation

Pedroli A, Claude F (2025). Swiss National Diplopoda Databank. Version 1.1. Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8p82c8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-22.

Description

This dataset concerns the Diplopoda (Orders Callipodida, Chordeumatida, Glomerida, Julida, Polydesmida, Polyxenida) from Switzerland. Data sources include Swiss museum collections, scientific publications, recent specimens collected in environmental impact studies or by Ariane Pedroli for her PhD Thesis on this group. The period covered by the data is from 1846 to the present day. All data provided have been subjected to a validation procedure.

Taxonomic Coverages

Diplopoda
  1. Arthropoda
    rank: phylum
  2. Julida
    rank: order
  3. Vandeleumatidae
    rank: family
  4. Callipodida
    rank: order
  5. Diplopoda
    rank: class
  6. Craspedosomatidae
    rank: family
  7. Polyxenida
    rank: order
  8. Glomerida
    rank: order
  9. Paradoxosomatidae
    rank: family
  10. Polydesmidae
    rank: family
  11. Blaniulidae
    rank: family
  12. Anthroleucosomatidae
    rank: family
  13. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  14. Macrosternodesmidae
    rank: family
  15. Brachychaeteumatidae
    rank: family
  16. Mastigophorophyllidae
    rank: family
  17. Pyrgodesmidae
    rank: family
  18. Haaseidae
    rank: family
  19. Nemasomatidae
    rank: family
  20. Glomeridae
    rank: family
  21. Chordeumatida
    rank: order
  22. Trachygonidae
    rank: family
  23. Polydesmida
    rank: order
  24. Chordeumatidae
    rank: family
  25. Neoatractosomatidae
    rank: family
  26. Julidae
    rank: family
  27. Trachysphaeridae
    rank: family
  28. Callipodidae
    rank: family
  29. Polyxenidae
    rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Switzerland

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Pedroli-Christen A. (1993) Faunistique des mille-pattes de Suisse (Diplopoda). Neuchâtel: Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune. -

Contacts

Ariane Pedroli
originator
François Claude
metadata author
info fauna
Av. de Bellevaux 51
Neuchâtel
CH-2000
CH
email: francois.claude@infofauna.ch
François Claude
administrative point of contact
info fauna
Av. de Bellevaux 51
Neuchâtel
CH-2000
CH
email: francois.claude@infofauna.ch
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