Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda) Author Kime, Richard Desmond 847CC68F-00BF-4DAB-8E53-B7A3384D66C1 Email: deskime 2 @ aol. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 847 CC 68 F- 00 BF- 4 DAB- 8 E 53 - B 7 A 3384 D 66 C 1 deskime2@aol.com Author Enghoff, Henrik FB09A817-000D-43C3-BCC4-2BC1E5373635 urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: FB 09 A 817 - 000 D- 43 C 3 - BCC 4 - 2 BC 1 E 5373635 & Corresponding author: henghoff @ snm. ku. dk 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 30. Choneiulus palmatus (Nĕmec, 1895) Blaniulus palmatus Nĕmec, 1895 . Distribution BE, CH , CZ, DE, DK-DEN, GB-CI, GB-GRB, FI, FR-FRA, HU, IT-ITA, IE, LT, LU, NL, NO-NOR, PL, PT-AZO, PT-MDR, RO, RU-RUC, SE. – Also introduced into Canada , USA and Australia . Habitat Soil and litter of woodland on mainly sedimentary basic and calcareous rocks. Tajovský (1998) recorded it from Tilio cordatae -Fagetum in the Czech Republic . May be found under bark. Widespread in gardens, parks, orchards, vineyards, cemeteries, quarries, mine galleries, disused railway areas, spoil heaps and frequently in greenhouses (predominantly in the latter in the N & E of its range). Recorded from catacombs in France and from caves. Found in the nests of ants and moles. Regarded as a stenotopic xerobiont woodland species with preference for xeric/mesoxeric meadows, fields and fallows in Saxony-Anhalt , Germany (Voigtländer 2011). It reaches an altitude of 1230 m in the Swiss Alps ( Pedroli-Christen 1993 ). Remarks Its natural habitat may be woodland on base-rich soils. Sometimes an agricultural pest ( Pierrard & Biernaux 1974 ).