Leptoiulus montivagus (Latzel, 1884)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 107-108

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.3867388

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE61D913-FFCB-FFAD-FDB6-4DB1FB22FC74

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Carolina

scientific name

Leptoiulus montivagus (Latzel, 1884)
status

 

332. Leptoiulus montivagus (Latzel, 1884) View in CoL

Iulus montivagus Latzel, 1884 .

Iulus braueri Verhoeff, 1895 .

Iulus tosanus Verhoeff, 1916 .

Leptoiulus braueri View in CoL auct.

Leptoiulus weberi Verhoeff, 1927 View in CoL .

Leptoiulus tosanus zurstrasseni Verhoeff, 1929 View in CoL .

Leptoiulus catascaphicus Verhoeff, 1931 View in CoL .

Leptoiulus triglavensis Strasser, 1940 View in CoL .

Distribution

AT, CH, CZ, DE, FR-FRA, IT-ITA, SI. Alpine.

Habitat

Alpine meadows, under stones. In Switzerland it is found in pastures and dry grassland from as low as 280 m in the north. In the south it occurs from 920 to 2860 m ( Pedroli-Christen 1993). It reaches 2400 m in Slovenia, where it was found under stones and in cushions of turf ( Strasser 1940). In Bavarian woods it may be found under decaying bark and below moss on blocks of granite ( Schubart 1934). Kobel- Lamparski (1987) found it to be the most abundant millipede in vineyards in Kaiserstuhl, southern Germany, and gave detailed information on its population structure.

Remarks

Among all the species of Leptoiulus with complicated taxonomic histories, L. montivagus probably takes the prize. It seems to be a relict species surviving at high altitudes, formerly widespread during the ice age, and since then the now isolated populations on the summits of mountain chains have diversified to some degree. Regarded as highly endangered in Germany ( Voigtländer et al. 2011).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Diplopoda

Order

Julida

Family

Julidae

Genus

Leptoiulus

Loc

Leptoiulus montivagus (Latzel, 1884)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik 2017
2017
Loc

Iulus montivagus

Iulus montivagus Latzel, 1884 .
Loc

Iulus braueri

Iulus braueri Verhoeff, 1895 .
Loc

Iulus tosanus

Iulus tosanus Verhoeff, 1916
Loc

Leptoiulus weberi

Leptoiulus weberi Verhoeff, 1927 .
Loc

Leptoiulus tosanus zurstrasseni

Loc

Leptoiulus catascaphicus

Leptoiulus catascaphicus Verhoeff, 1931 .
Loc

Leptoiulus triglavensis

Leptoiulus triglavensis Strasser, 1940
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