New records of millipedes (Diplopoda), mainly from bird nests, in European Russia
Journal: rej
Year: 2011

The first records of millipedes encountered in bird nests in European Russia are presented. Only a few (three) diplopod species appear to populate bird nests in central Russia, whereas in southern Russia the nidicolous fauna seems to be richer (at least six species), all being clearly related to the adjacent Caucasus. The diplopod Craspedosoma rawlinsi Leach, 1814 is new to the central Russian list, having been encountered active under snow in winter in a park in Moscow City.