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The results of a taxonomic treatment of Diplopoda collected recently in caves of Crimea and the Caucasus are presented. They concern at least 21 species from nine families and five orders. New faunistic information is provided, allowing for the distribution of a number of millipede species to be considerably refined. Problems of their ecological classification in relation to cavernicoly are discussed.

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Preliminary results of studying the biota of the recently discovered Tavrida Cave (Foothill Crimea) are presented. By now, six species of arthropods (Arthropoda) have been identified, i.e. one species of spiders (Aranei), one species of diplura (Diplura), two species of springtails (Collembola) and two species of flies (Diptera). The obtained results indicate the relative youth of the recent fauna of Tavrida Cave, despite Eopleistocene age cave, and have a significant faunal value, since a number of discovered species are specified for the first time for the Crimea and Russia. For the troglobiont diplura Campodea (Dicampa) taurica, discovered in Tavrida Cave, a probable scenario of its penetration into the karst cavities of the Crimea in connection with global climate changes in the Late Pleistocene time is presented. However, all other found species are most likely to have entered Tavrida Cave at the present time, after its opening as a result of road construction work. How to site this article: