Archiboreoiulus pallidus (Brade-Birks, 1920)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.346
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3866848
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scientific name	Archiboreoiulus pallidus (Brade-Birks, 1920)
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13. Archiboreoiulus pallidus (Brade-Birks, 1920) View in CoL

Proteroiulus pallidus Brade-Birks, 1920 View in CoL .

Boreoiulus pallidus auct.

Distribution

BE, CH, DE, DK-DEN, ES-SPA, FI, FR-FRA, GB-CI, GB-GRB, GB-NI, HU, IE, LU, NL, NO-NOR, PL, RO, RU-KDG, RU-RUC, RU-RUW, SE, SK, UA. Central, N & E Europe. –Also found in Stavropol, northern Caucasus, Russia ( Zuev 2014) and introduced into Canada and USA.

Habitat

Endogean and troglophile, it has been found mainly in the soil, especially in loamy calcareous and other base-rich types. It is also synanthropic, especially in northern and eastern regions, found in forests, cultivated fields, grassland, gardens, garden waste, spoil heaps, etc.

Remarks

It is often associated with Blaniulus guttulatus and is similarly regarded as an agricultural pest in several root crops ( Pierrard & Biernaux 1974). Its vertical migrations in the soil were described by Biernaux & Baurant (1964). Some parthenogenetic populations exist in the northern part of its European range, as well as in Canada. Prisnyi (2001) stated that all Russian populations appear to be male-free and largely anthropochoric. Regarded as highly endangered in Germany ( Voigtländer et al. 2011).

References

Biernaux J. & Baurant R. 1964. Observations sur l'hibernation de Archiboreoiulus pallidus Br. - Bk. Bulletin de l'Institut Agronomique et des Stations de Recherche Gembloux 32 (3): 290 - 298.

Pierrard G. & Biernaux J. 1974. Note a propos des diplopodes nuisible aux cultures temperees et tropicales. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 32: 629 - 643.

Prisnyi A. V. 2001. A review of the millipede fauna of the south of the Middle-Russian Upland, Russia (Diplopoda). Arthropoda Selecta 10: 297 - 305.

Voigtlander K., Reip H. S., Decker P. & Spelda J. 2011. Critical reflections on German red lists of endangered myriapod species (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) (with species list for Germany). International Journal of Myriapodology 6: 85 - 105.

Zuev R. V. 2014. Preliminary data on the millipedes (Diplopoda) from the Stavropol Territory, northern Caucasus, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 23 (4): 347 - 354.