Chamberlinius hualinensis

Basic information
Scientific name	Chamberlinius hualinensis	Click to magnify
Common names
Higher taxon	Paradoxosomatidae, Diplopoda, Arthropoda
Natural range	Taiwan
Habitat	Dark and wet habitat in soil or roadside, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Okinawajima, Amamioshima, Tokunoshima, Yakushima, and Hachijojima Is., Kagoshima, Tokushima, Shizuoka, Kanagawa Prefs.
Origin	Taiwan
Date	The first record in each area was: Okinawajima 1983; Tokuhoshima 1991; Amamioshima 1992; mainland of Kagoshima 1999; Yakushima 2002; Hachijojima 2002; Shizuoka 2003; Kanagawa 2003.
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on transport of soil and plant.
Impact	Swarming pest. Stimulus have this species generate cyanide gas with bad smell.
Regulation in Japan	Under Construction.
Introduced range in other countries	Unknown.

Reference

Notes

Aoki (Ed.) (1999) Pictorial Keys to Soil Animals of Japan. Tokai Univ. Press, Hadano (in Jpn)
Fujiyama (2009) Estimation of potentially settled area of invaded species, Chamberlinius hualienensis Wang (Polydesmida:Paradoxosomatidae) in Japanese islands. The Annals of Environmental Science, Shinshu University. 31:133-136
Ishida & Fujiyama (2010) Preliminary report on the effects of temperature and photoperiod on the development and induction of oviposition of a diplopoda, Chamberlinius hualienensis Wang. Ann Environ Sci, Shinshu Univ. 32:99-102 (in Jpn)
etc.