Xestoiulus laeticollis (Porat, 1889)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 171

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.346
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9600FFB8-3FB9-4522-B030-D5A6B145EDEB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3867580
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE61D913-FF0B-FF6C-FD83-4A59FB75FC41
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Xestoiulus laeticollis (Porat, 1889)
status

Treatment

589. Xestoiulus laeticollis (Porat, 1889) View in CoL

Iulus laeticollis Porat, 1889 View in CoL .

Microiulus laeticollis View in CoL auct.

Microiulus laeticollis mierzeyewskii Jawłowski, 1925 .

Microiulus dudichi Verhoeff, 1927 .

Distribution

BY, DE, DK-DEN, EE, HU, LT, LV, NL, PL, RO, RU-KGD, RU-RUC, RU-RUW, SE, UA.

Habitat

This millipede is particularly associated with damp habitats: Swamps and marshes, wet woodland: Fraxinus and Alnus forests and Alnus swamps (Fraxino-Alnetum, Ribeso-nigri Alnetum, Alnetum- Quercetum fluvialis). Pinus woods. Meadows. Regarded as a stenotopic hygrobiont woodland species with preference for floodplains and swamp forests in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Voigtländer 2011). The subspecies mirzeyewskyii found in Quercus and Pinus forest in Russia ( Prisnyi 2001).

Remarks

Several subspecies have been described in addition to the frequently cited ssp. mirzeyewskii .