Leptoiulus saltuvagus ( Verhoeff, 1898 )

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 111

343. Leptoiulus saltuvagus ( Verhoeff, 1898)

Iulus marmoratus Attems, 1895 .

Julus saltuvagus Verhoeff, 1898 .

Leptoiulus vagabundus auct.

Distribution

AT, CH, DE, HR, HU, IT-ITA, SI. Central and Eastern Alps.

Habitat

Woodland in the montane zone, e.g., Quercus , Carpinus , Tilia , Castanea , Fraxinus , Acer , Fagus , Pinus and occasionally Picea , and with Cornus , Ligustrum and Crataegus in the shrub layer. These habitats range up to about 1500 m. It is also found at some open sites. Higher up it occurs in sub-alpine meadows, the Rhododendron / Vaccinium shrub layer and at Alnus viridis sites at about 2000 m in Tyrol. It occurs above 2000 m in Empetrum-Vaccinietum-uliginosi heaths with lichens ( Pedroli-Christen 1993, Meyer 1985, Voigtländer et al. 1997). Beron (2008) gives an altitudinal range from 700 m to 2500 m.

Remarks

The synonymy saltuvagus = marmoratus follows Attems (1927). Pending revisionary work on this species complex, we use the better known, albeit younger name, saltuvagus . The species seems to be quite tolerant with regard to water loss ( Meyer & Eisenbeis 1985).