''Polyzonium'' is a genus of

millipede Millipedes (originating from the Latin , "thousand", and , "foot") are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derive ...

s belonging to the family

Polyzoniidae Polyzoniidae is a family of millipedes in the order Polyzoniida. There are about 9 genera and at least 60 described species in Polyzoniidae. Genera The following Genera are recognised: * '' Angarozonium'' Shelley, 1998 * '' Bdellozonium' ...

and order

Polyzoniida __NOTOC__ Polyzoniida is an order of millipedes in the subterclass Colobognatha. This order contains three families and more than 70 described species. The species in this order are also known as camphor millipedes, because ozopore secretions in ...

Distribution and habitat

The species of this genus are native to

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

,Haľková B, Drabová M, Mock A (2021) An annotated checklist of millipede fauna from Slovakia, with ecological and biogeographic characteristics. Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e71495. where they inhabit forested areas on limestone soils. ''P. germanicum'' possesses the widest distribution, being found in over 25 European countries. The other two species within the genus, ''P. eburneum'' and ''P. transsilvanicum'' are restricted to mountainous habitat such as the

Eastern Alps The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Main chain of the Alps, Alpine divide, and down the Liro (Como), Liro River to Lake Como in the south. ...

and

Carpathian Mountain range The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at ...

, with ''P. transsilvanicum'' possessing a locally

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

population in the Eastern Carpathian.

Species list

The following species are recognised: * '' Polyzonium eburneum'' Verhoeff, 1907 * '' Polyzonium germanicum'' Brandt, 1837 * '' Polyzonium transsilvanicum'' Verhoeff, 1898

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6450836 Polyzoniida Millipede genera