Pachyiulus varius (Fabricius, 1781)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 153

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9600FFB8-3FB9-4522-B030-D5A6B145EDEB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3867706

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE61D913-FF39-FF5E-FD8A-4AE7FD8EFBB4

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Pachyiulus varius (Fabricius, 1781)
status

 

512. Pachyiulus varius (Fabricius, 1781) View in CoL

Iulus varius Fabricius, 1781 .

Julus nigripes C.L. Koch, 1847 View in CoL .

Julus unicolor C.L. Koch, 1847 View in CoL .

Distribution

AL, BA, BG, FR-FRA, GR-GRC, HR, IT-ITA, MK, MN, RO, SB, SI, TR-TUE. – Also Georgia.

Habitat

Common on karst. Collected from forest litter and rotting wood. Several records from caves.

Remarks

Pachyiulus varius is the oldest available name for a group of species which are notoriously difficult to distinguish. Mauriès et al. (1997) provided a good discussion of the problem and synonymised several other nominal species under P. varius . Recent studies by Frederiksen et al. (2012) suggest, however, that there are several species hiding under P. varius sensu Mauriès et al. (1997) . We therefore treat P. apfelbecki , P. flavipes and P. oenologus as separate species, although we realize that additional studies may yet change the picture. Numerous infraspecific forms have been named within the complex – their status is largely unresolved.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Julidae

Genus

Pachyiulus

Loc

Pachyiulus varius (Fabricius, 1781)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik 2017
2017
Loc

Iulus varius

Iulus varius Fabricius, 1781 .
Loc

Julus nigripes C.L. Koch, 1847

Julus nigripes C.L. Koch, 1847 .
Loc

Julus unicolor C.L. Koch, 1847

Julus unicolor C.L. Koch, 1847 .
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