The results of a faunistic survey, made in 1998 - 1999 at the Muellertal / Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by Prof. Dr. Ludwig
Beck and his collaborators are presented. The investigated sites showed a rich millipede fauna in relation to the sandy soil
there.
Based on topotypic material from Schaubachhütte, South Tyrol, Italy, a redescription of Pterygophorosoma alticolum
(Verhoeff, 1894) is provided, and the present state of knowledge of the genus is discussed.