Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda)
Author
Kime, Richard Desmond
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Author
Enghoff, Henrik
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-08-29
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journal article
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352.
Leptoiulus trilineatus
(C.L. Koch, 1847)
Julus trilineatus
C.L. Koch, 1847
.
Julus silvivagus
Verhoeff, 1898
.
Distribution
AL, AT, BA, BG,
CH
?, GR-GRC, HR, IT-ITA, MK, MN, RO, SB, SI, TR-TUE. Southern Alps, largely Balkan, and Transadriatic.
Habitat
A widely distributed Balkan species found from sea level up to well above
2000 m
in the Balkan Mountains –
2150 m
on Durmitor (
Beron 2008
),
2200–2300 m
in the Rila Mountains (Vagalinski & Stoev 2007). Reported from woodland dominated by
Fagus sylvatica
, several species of
Quercus
,
Carpinus betulus
,
C. orientalis
,
Abies
and
Pinus
spp. Also in open habitats (meadows and alpine grasslands). Collected from leaf litter, under stones and bark, on a limestone slope, between
Corylus
,
Rubus
and
Ruscus
.
Troglophile, for instance caves in the Italian province of Puglia –
Strasser (1965)
argues that it was one of the Balkan species which was able to cross the Adriatic when the sea level was much lower than today, before the breaching of the Straits of
Gibraltar
.
Remarks
Widespread and common from the southern Alps to
Greece
and
Turkey
. There are also records from
Piedmont
and
Liguria
(NW
Italy
), e.g., by
Verhoeff (1932a)
, but we are in doubt about these (the quite similar
L. hospitelli
occurs in the same area) and have omitted them from the map. We have also omitted some records from
Apulia
and
Calabria
(S
Italy
) referred by
Strasser (1970)
, as these probably concern other species. There have been no records of this species from
Switzerland
since
Verhoeff (1913)
collected it near Lugano, although the site was revisited (
Pedroli-Christen 1993
).