Ophyiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 150

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3867564
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scientific name	Ophyiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898
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498. Ophyiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898 View in CoL

Ophiiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898 View in CoL .

Ophyiulus targionii verruculiger Verhoeff, 1910 View in CoL .

Ophyiulus verruculiger View in CoL auct.

Ophyiulus fretarius Attems, 1927 View in CoL .

Distribution

ES-BAL, IT-ITA, IT-SI, MT. Southern and Central Italy, with islands. – Also introduced into the Australian region.

Habitat

Quercus laurifolia forest, quarry, limestone mountains, open, sunny slope. Up to 2300 m in Sicily. In Malta, it occurs in leaf-litter in woodland and macquis ( Enghoff & Schembri 1989). Has been found in caves ( Minelli 1985).

Remarks

Quite a variable species; several subspecies have been described.

References

Attems C. 1927. Uber palaearktische Diplopoden. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 92 A: 1 - 256.

Enghoff H. & Schembri P. J. 1989. The millipedes of the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) (Diplopoda). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana 120: 164 - 173.

Minelli A. 1985. Catalogo dei diplopodi e dei chilopodi cavernicoli italiani. Memorie Museo civico di Storia Naturale di Verona (II Serie), Sezzione Biologica 4: 1 - 50.