Leptoiulus helveticus (Verhoeff, 1894)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 104

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.346

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3867442

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scientific name

Leptoiulus helveticus (Verhoeff, 1894)
status

 

317. Leptoiulus helveticus (Verhoeff, 1894) View in CoL

Iulus helveticus Verhoeff, 1894 View in CoL .

Iulus odieri Brölemann, 1896 .

Leptoiulus odieri View in CoL auct.

Leptoiulus vagabundus View in CoL auct.

Distribution

AT, CH, IT-ITA. Alps and Jura Mountains.

Habitat

Predominantly in alpine meadows, rocky outcrops and screes on sedimentary strata. Castanea and coniferous forest. Found at an altitude as low as 500 m in the Jura but up to 2800 m in the Alps.

Remarks

Several subspecies have been described. Pedroli-Christen (1993) suggested that it may be a polytypic species including L. faesi and L. sarasini .

Pedroli-Christen A. 1993. Faunistique des mille-pattes de Suisse (Diplopoda). Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 14: 1 - 245.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Julidae

Genus

Leptoiulus