Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Norsk entomologisk forening

Proteroiulus fuscus (Am Stein, 1857)
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NNV Andøy: Bleiksøya (69 o 17‘N, EIS 152) 3 Aug.
1984 1 ♀ leg. A. Fjellberg (in nest of kittiwake Rissa
tridactyla); NNØ Hamarøy: Liland (EIS 138) 30
July 1987 1 ♀ leg. H. W. Waldén, Tømmeråsen
(EIS 138) 27 Sept. 1996 1 ♀, 2 Aug. 2002 1 ♀,
22 July 2003 6 ♀♀, 25 July 2005 15 ♀♀ and 1
Aug. 2005 1 ♀ leg. A. C. Nilssen (under bark of
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris); NSI Rana: Straumen
(EIS 122) 4 May 1975 2 ♀♀ leg. P. Straumfors,
Storstrand (EIS 122) 2 May 1998 4 ♀♀ leg. K. M.
Olsen; NSI Vefsn: Utnes (EIS 118) 17 Aug. 1974
1 ♀ leg. H. W. Waldén; NSY Meløy: Grønnøya
(EIS 125) 1 April 2005 1 ♀ leg. T. Hansen & A.
Meløysund, Neverdalen (EIS 125) 4 May 2005
1 ♀ leg. Neverdal school; NSY Nesna: Sandnes
(EIS 118) 18 Aug. 1974 1 juv. leg. H. W. Waldén;
NSY Vega: Åsen (EIS 113) 14 Aug. 1982 1 ♀ leg.
A. C. Nilssen; NSY Bindal: Osen (EIS 110) 23
March 2005 2 ♀♀ leg. R. Bergersen (under bark
of fallen birch) (Map 8).
The northernmost record from Andøy is not
included in Andersson et al. (2005). First reported
from North Norway by Meidell (1978) and Olsen
(1998c). Mapped in Kime (1990) as the only
diplopod in N Norway. Common in birds‘ nests
(Tajovský et al. 2001).
Cylindroiulus latestriatus (Curtis, 1845)
Julus luscus Meinert, 1868
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NSY Røst: Sandøya (EIS 129) 3 July 1937 4 ♀♀
2 ♀♀ leg. H. Tambs-Lyche (det. C. Jeekel 1963);
NSY Herøy: Sør-Herøy (EIS 117) May 1900 leg.
J. S. Schneider (in lit., Julus luscus Meinert det.
Ellingsen); NSY Alstahaug: Sandnessjøen (EIS
117) 10 July – 2 August 1995 1 juvenile leg. E.
Hauge (Barber trap); NSY Bindal: Osen (EIS
110) 7 April 2004 1 ♀ leg. R. Bergersen (under
stone in supralittoral) (Map 9).
Norw. J. Entomol. 53, 23-38, 22 May 2006
This is a cosmopolitan and halophilic species
(Andersson et al. 2005). It may be common in
Nordland, although the schoolchildren did not
find it. Most classes went to the woods, rather
than sea shores.
Pachyiulus varius (Fabricius, 1781)
Pachyiulus flavipes (C. L. Koch, 1847)
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NSI Rana: Plurdalen (EIS 123) 30 Nov. 1989 1
♀ leg. Grundstrøm (“in kitchen counter, possibly
transported with grapes”) (Map 9).
Being a common species in S Europe but absent
from N Europe (Fauna Europaea 2005), this
specimen was probably introduced accidentally.
Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847)
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TRY Tromsø: Andersdalen (EIS 162) Sept. 1987
1 ♀ leg. A. Jensen (Map 9).
The specimen was found outdoors on the ground
while the finder was cutting birch wood (Arne
Jensen pers. medd. 2004). A “greenhouse species”
in the Nordic countries (Andersson et al. 2005),
and probably introduced.
Polydesmus denticulatus
C. L. Koch, 1847
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TRY Tromsø: Tromsø (69 o 38’N, EIS 162) 15
Oct. 2004 1 ♀ and 26 May 2005 2 ♀♀ 2 ♀♀ leg.
R. Bergersen (under stones near compost); NNV
Hadsel: Stokmarknes (EIS 143) 9 June 2005 1
♀ leg. 2AB Stokmarknes school; NNV Vågan:
Storvågan (EIS 137) 16 June 2005 19 ♀♀ 10 ♀♀
leg. Kabelvåg school; NNV Vestvågøy: Stamsund
(EIS 137) 19 April 2005 6 ♀♀ leg. Svarholt school
(under stones, abandoned potato field); NNØ
Narvik: Håkvikskogen (EIS 139) 3 May 2005 1
♀ leg. M. Liljebakk; NNØ Ballangen: Ballangen
(EIS 139) 25 April 2005 2 ♀♀ leg. Ballangen
school; NSI Saltdal: Setså (EIS 127) 4 July 2005
1 ♀ leg. R. Bergersen (under stones near decaying
heap of rubbish); NSI Rana: Tverråga (EIS 123)
21 & 30 June 1989 2 ♀♀ leg. K. A. Meyer & S.
Lundmo (Barber trap), Ytteren (EIS 123) 1 May
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