Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda)
Author
Kime, Richard Desmond
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Author
Enghoff, Henrik
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henghoff@snm.ku.dk
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-08-29
346
1
299
journal article
21780
10.5852/ejt.2017.346
39926986-58ae-4af8-831c-689b7c8dbbc6
2118-9773
3866525
9600FFB8-3FB9-4522-B030-D5A6B145EDEB
89.
Brachyiulus lusitanus
Verhoeff, 1898
Brachyiulus pusillus lusitanus
Verhoeff, 1898
.
Brachyiulus corcyraeus
Verhoeff, 1900
.
Brachyiulus corcyraeus arcadius
Verhoeff, 1900
.
Microbrachyiulus calcivagus
Verhoeff, 1910
.
Distribution
AT, BG,
CH
, CZ, DE, ES-BAL, ES-CNY, ES-SPA, FR-COR, GB-GRB, GR-GRC, HR, HU?, IT-ITA, IT-SAR, MC, MK, PT-AZO, PT-MDR, PT-POR. – Also
Algeria
,
Egypt
,
Iran
; introduced into
Australia
and North America.
Habitat
Found in forests, also open land (sandy area on Adriatic coast, on the roof of a police station situated in a field, grassy slopes on Gran Canaria as well as in laurel forest, under bark and moss. Dominant in meadows, corn fields and vineyards in NE
Italy
(
Paoletti
et al.
1988
). In
Bulgaria
in mixed forests, in meadows, under stone debris in quarry, in city park,
224–900 m
(Vagalinski & Stoev 2007). The British record is from the Eden Park Project in Cornwall, which has created some warmer foreign environments in very large heated greenhouses. We leave it in as an introduction as it has been found outside.
Remarks
There is a record, from
Iran
, of this species infesting a child’s alimentary canal (
Mowlavi
et al.
2009
).