Polydesmus coriaceus Porat 1870
Creators: name: Gilgado, José D.
name: Ortuño, Vicente M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Polydesmida
Polydesmidae
Polydesmus
Polydesmus coriaceus

description: Polydesmus coriaceus Porat, 1870
(Figs 3D; 4C)
Polydesmus coriaceus Porat, 1870: 819.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Spain • 8 ♂, 8 ♀, 9 juv; León, Boca de Huérgano, Portilla de la Reina, Calar de San Martino, Forested scree; 43°04’60”N, 04°51’31”W; 1410 m a.s.l., 28. VI.2017.; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS; UAH • 2♂, 2 ♀, 51 juv.; same data; 20. VI.2018; UAH • 2 ♀, 1 juv.; Cantabria, Barrio, monte Casanzo, Llobango, forested scree; 43°03’40”N, 04°39’42”W; 1300 m a.s.l.; 19. VI.2018; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS; UAH • 2 ♂, 1 ♀; same data; 23. VI.2019; UAH • 5♂, 1 ♀; Palencia, Piedras Luengas, Hoyo de los Lobos, Las Lombas, forest; 43°02’42”N, 04°28’16”W; 1300 m a.s.l.; 16.XI.2015; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; UAH • 1♂, 2♀; Palencia, Piedras Luengas, Sierra de Peña Labra, bare scree; 43°02’21”N, 04°26’55”W; 1520 m a.s.l.; 27. VI.2017; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS;UAH • 3 ♂, 6 ♀; same data; 21. VI.2018;UAH • 2 ♀; Cantabria, Vega de Liébana, Dobres, Cucayo, below Pico Palanca, scree with trees beside river Requejada; 43°02’55”N, 04°38’08”W; 1150 m a.s.l.; 27. VI.2017; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS • 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 7 juv.; same data; 19. VI.2018; UAH • 3 ♂, 2♀, 3 juv.; same data; 23. VI.2019; UAH • 1 ♀, 1 juv.; León, Boca de Huérgano, Llánaves de la Reina, Boquerón de Tarna, scree; 43°03’23”N, 04°46’03”W; 1710 m a.s.l., 28. VI.2017; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS;UAH • 1 ♂, 2 ♀; 1 juv; same data; 20. VI.2018; UAH • 1♂; Cantabria, Pesaguero, Sierra Mediana, Collado de la Cruz de las Cabezuelas, forest; 43°04’19”N, 04°28’18”W; 1050 m a.s.l.; 22. VI.2019; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS, UAH • 4 ♀; same data; 1.IX.2021; UAH • 21 ♂, 69 ♀, 96 juv.; Huesca, Longás, Sierra de Santo Domingo, Portillo de Longás, bare scree; 42°26’45”N, 00°55’60”W; 1200 m a.s.l.; 2.IX.2015; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado, E. Ledesma & E. Cuesta leg.; MSS; UAH • 8 ♂, 5 ♀, 8 juv.; same data; 21.XII.2015; UAH • 8 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 juv; same data; 13.IV.2016; UAH • 9♂, 18 ♀, 2 juv.; same data; 25.VII.2016; UAH • 118 ♂, 101 ♀, 337 juv.; Huesca, Longás, Sierra de Santo Domingo, Portillo de Longás, forested scree; 42°26’55”N, 00°56’11”W; 1220 m a.s.l.; 2.IX.2015; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado, E. Ledesma & E. Cuesta leg.; MSS; UAH • 18 ♂, 5 ♀, 3 juv.; same data; 21.XII.2015; UAH • 6 ♂, 2 juv.; same data; 13.IV.2016;UAH • 59 ♂, 59 ♀, 49 juv.; same data; 25.VII.2016; UAH • 4♂, 3 ♀, 2 juv.; Burgos, Pineda de la Sierra, Sierra de Mencilla in Sierra de la Demanda, bare scree in Glaciar Circus; 42°11’21”N, 03°18’37”W; 1750 m a.s.l.; 22. VI.2019; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS; UAH • 1 ♀; Burgos, Pineda de la Sierra, Sierra de Mencilla in Sierra de la Demanda, beech forest; 42°11’55”N, 03°18’41”W; 1460 m a.s.l.; 18. VI.2018; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado & E. Ledesma leg.; MSS; UAH • 92 ♂, 62 ♀; same data; 22. VI.2019; UAH • 18 ♂, 16 ♀; same data; 3.VIII.2020; UAH • 10 ♂, 15 ♀, 2 juv.; Zaragoza, Añón de Moncayo, Sierra del Moncayo, Collado Bellido, bare scree; 41°46’1”N, 01°47’01”W; 1540 m a.s.l.; 12.III.2014; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado, E. Ledesma & E. Cuesta leg.; MSS; UAH • 41 ♂, 31 ♀, 36 juv.; same data; 2.VII.2014; UAH • 3 ♂, 2 ♀; same data; MNHN • 2 ♂; Zaragoza, Tarazona, Sierra del Moncayo, Barranco de Castilla, beech forest; 41°48’18”N, 01°50’37”W; 1420 m a.s.l.; V. M. Ortuño, J. D. Gilgado, E. Ledesma & E. Cuesta leg.; MSS; UAH • 9 ♂, 2 ♀, 6 juv.; same data; 2.VII.2014; UAH.
REMARKS
This species is very common in the northern Iberian Peninsula, and in some Atlantic regions of Europe such as France, Belgium and the United Kingdom. It occurs in different habitat types and is not rare in caves, probably due to its preference for humid places (Kime & Enghoff 2011). This also agrees with its presence in the MSS in forested screes, as shown in the present study and in Eusébio et al. (2021).
description: Published as part of Gilgado, José D. & Ortuño, Vicente M., 2023, Polydesmid millipedes in the MSS of the northern Iberian Peninsula (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae), pp. 451-461 in Zoosystema 45 (15) on pages 456-457, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a15, http://zenodo.org/record/8406495