Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1911

Synonyms
Brachydesmus ferrugineus Lohmander, 1936
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Higher Taxonomy

Genus Brachydesmus

Family Polydesmidae

Order Polydesmida

Class Diplopoda

Subphylum Myriapoda

Phylum Arthropoda

Ecological Group
Trogloxene
Distribution
Distr. in Georgia
Kidobana Cave Kudaro Cave Meliis Cave Nikortsminda Sakinule Cave Tvishi V Cave
IUCN Red List
None
GRL
None
Protection
There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
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Species references

Golovatch S.I. 1981. A review of the cavernicolous fauna of millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Western Caucasus. Caves of Georgia, 9: 108-111 (in Russian)

GOLOVATCH, S., EVSYUKOV, A., & REIP, H. (2016). The millipede family Polydesmidae in the Caucasus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). In Zootaxa (Vol. 4085, Issue 1). Magnolia Press. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.1

GOLOVATCH, S., EVSYUKOV, A., & REIP, H. (2016). The millipede family Polydesmidae in the Caucasus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). In Zootaxa (Vol. 4085, Issue 1). Magnolia Press. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4085.1.1

Margalitadze A, Kiria E, Gogshelidze M, Shavadze L, Modebadze N, Barjadze S (2025) Checklist of Invertebrates from the Racha and Khvamli Karst Massifs, Sakartvelo (Georgia). Caucasiana 4: 203-229. https://doi.org/10.3897/caucasiana.4.e169350

Comments
Expert
Dragan Antić
Contact Person
Shalva Barjadze
Citation
Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Shavadze, L., Gogshelidze M. 2019. Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1911 Cave Biodiversity of Transcaucasia, Open Access Database. Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University. https://cbg.iliauni.edu.ge/en/taxonomy/show/401 Accessed:
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