Megaphyllum sjaelandicum (Meinert, 1868)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 128

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.346
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3866850
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scientific name	Megaphyllum sjaelandicum (Meinert, 1868)
status

Treatment

405. Megaphyllum sjaelandicum (Meinert, 1868) View in CoL

Julus sjaelandicus Meinert, 1868 .

Brachyiulus wolterstorffi Verhoeff, 1904 View in CoL .

Brachyiulus seelandicus Verhoeff, 1907 View in CoL .

Brachyiulus sjaelandicus View in CoL auct.

Chromatoiulus sjaelandicus View in CoL auct.

Distribution

BY, DE, DK-DEN, EE, FI, LT, LV, PL, RU-KGD, RU-RUC, RU-RUE, RU-RUN, RU-RUW, SE, UA. Northern Central and East Europe. – Also Siberia.

Habitat

Boreo-nemoral habitats in the east from taiga in the north, through mixed coniferous and broad-leaved woods to forest-steppe in the south. Some particular assemblages mentioned are swamp and marshy woodland with Carex, Filipendula , Iris , Oxalis ; Alder ( Alnus ) carr (Ribeso -nigri Alnetum, Glutinoso - Alnetum aegopodiosum; Betula , Fagus , Carpinus (Carpinetum -aegopodosium); Pinus forest in Russia ( Prisnyi 2001). Cemeteries.

Remarks

A forest-dwelling species found from the taiga in the north down to the forest-steppe belt of Russia and the Ukraine. This European species also occurs in the Altai Region of Siberia and possibly Kazakhstan ( Mikhaljova et al. 2013). It is very unusual to find a species that occurs in Europe further east than the Ural Mountains.