Dolichoiulus canariensis (Pocock, 1893)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 78

212. Dolichoiulus canariensis (Pocock, 1893)

Iulus canariensis Pocock, 1893 .

Distribution

ES-CNY (Tenerife).

Habitat

A wide variety of habitats from near the sea to an altitude of 3050 m on Mount Teide, where it occurs in the “retamar” (specialised mountain broom vegetation with endemic species which is usually above the cloud layer created by the north-east trade winds). Plentiful in the Pinus canariensis forest below the retamar, it is less frequently found on the dry slopes of the Euphorbia zone (Taibabas and Cardones) below the forest (and usually below the cloud layer), reaching the desert along the south coast. It has not been found in the laurisilva of the humid north-east.

Remarks

Widespread, though recorded mainly from the central part of the island in and around the National Park and on the south coast, often associated with D. kraepelinorum (Latzel, 1895) . Replaced by D. axeli in the west and not yet recorded from the east coast (partly replaced by D. insularis (Brölemann, 1901)) . Occurs higher than any other species of Dolichoiulus , at 3050 m ( Enghoff 1992).