Boreoiulus tenuis (Bigler, 1913)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 30

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scientific name	Boreoiulus tenuis (Bigler, 1913)
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27. Boreoiulus tenuis (Bigler, 1913)

Monacobates tenuis Bigler, 1913.

Monacobates marcomannius Verhoeff, 1915.

Distribution

BE, DE, DK-DEN, FI, FR-FRA, GB-GRB, GB-NI, IE, LT, NL, NO-NOR, PL, RU-RUW, SE. Northern Europe (N Atlantic, N Central and Baltic).

Habitat

In base-rich soils; woodland and arable land. Highly synanthropic and occurs in crops. May be a pest of sugar beet ( Breny 1964; Breny & Biernaux 1966). Has also been found on banks of clay deep in caves. Reported from Reykjavik, Iceland ( Ólafsson 2010), but the images shown are clearly Blaniulus guttulatus.

References

Breny R. 1964. Considerations actuelles sur le probleme des Iulus mouchetes en culture betteraviere. Bulletin de l'Institut Agronomique et des Stations de Recherches Gembloux 32 (1): 12 - 25.

Breny R. & Biernaux J. 1966. Diplopodes belges: Position systematique et biotopes. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe royale d'Entomologie de Belgique 102. 269 - 326.

Olafsson E. 2010. Natvifaetla (Boreoiulus tenuis). Available from http: // www. ni. is / biota / animalia / arthropoda / myriapoda / diplopoda / julida / blaniulidae / natvifaetla-boreoiulus-tenuis [accessed 1 Aug. 2017].