A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 793: 63–96 (2018) A synopsis of Estonian myriapod fauna... 63 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.793.28050 CHECKLIST http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research A synopsis of Estonian myriapod fauna (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda) Kaarel Sammet1, Mari Ivask2, Olavi Kurina1 1 Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi st 5D, 51006 Tartu, Estonia 2 Tallinn University of Technology, Tartu College, Puiestee 78, 51008 Tartu, Estonia Corresponding author: Kaarel Sammet (
[email protected]) Academic editor: Nesrine Akkari | Received 28 June 2018 | Accepted 17 September 2018 | Published 29 October 2018 http://zoobank.org/0D7B2412-5585-4AEA-81D4-1854A4415128 Citation: Sammet K, Ivask M, Kurina O (2018) A synopsis of Estonian myriapod fauna (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda). ZooKeys 793: 63–96. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.793.28050 Abstract The data on Estonian Myriapoda are scattered in various publications and there has been no overview of the fauna up to the present. A critical summary of the previous information on Estonian Myriapoda is given, supplemented by new records and distribution maps. Altogether, 5784 specimens from 276 col- lecting sites were studied. To the hitherto recorded 14 centipede species are added Lithobius melanops, L. microps, Geophilus carpophagus, G. flavus, Strigamia transsilvanica and Stenotaenia linearis, a probably introduced species. Of the 27 published Estonian millipede species, the data on two species proved er- roneous, and two new species were recorded (Craspedosoma raulinsii and Cylindroiulus britannicus). Two previously recorded millipede species – Brachyiulus pusillus and Mastigophorophyllon saxonicum – were not found in the recent samples, the latter may have become more rare or extinct.