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The authors examined the effect of calcareous road dust on land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) and millipedes (Diplopoda) on forested ridge tops with naturally acidic soils.
In this article, five main morphotypes (polyxenoid, glomeroid, juloid, polydesmoid, and platydesmoid) are denoted and five ecomorphotypes, i.e. life-forms (stratobionts, troglobionts, geobionts, subcorticolous xylobionts, and epiphytobionts) are outlined.
The authors conclude that localization of cyclopropane fatty acids in the millipede Graphidostreptus tumuliporus is not restricted to the eggs and one particular organ, but bulk amounts are found in all tissues.
The fauna, which has no fewer than 103 species, 39 genera, 17 families, and five orders, is reviewed and summarised. A historical account, a review of the morphology and ecology of the millipedes in the region, and zoogeographical notes are provided.