Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847), an alien millipede in the fauna of Turkey (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)
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Anatolia, infestation, pest, biospeleology, cavesAbstract
A millipede species originating from South Asia and distributed throughout Europe, Oxidus gracilis is recorded for the second time in Turkey, with the first definite locality record, an altered cave environment (Koçköy cave, Düzce province, West Blacksea coast).
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