Julus curvicornis Verhoeff, 1899

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 94

282. Julus curvicornis Verhoeff, 1899

Distribution

SK.

Habitat

Principally Quercus-Carpinus and Fagus forests in central and western parts of Slovakia. According to Stašiov (2002, 2005), suitable sites were Quercus-Carpinus forest litter with low humus and carbon content, high nitrogen content and maximum degree of saturation capacity of the soil and litter layers; some of the forests were relatively young, with smaller trees (40–60 yrs), but at least one well-populated stand was 80–100 years old. In Fagus stands there was more activity in litter of relatively low pH. Trees listed from the sampling sites were Quercus petraea , Q. cerris , Q. dalechampii , Q. virgiliana , Carpinus betulus , Fagus sylvatica , Fraxinus excelsior , Tilia cordata , Acer campestre , Picea abies , Abies sp. Site records indicate a vertical distribution between 200 and 930 m in the area studied, with Quercus forest lower down, increasingly mixed with Fagus going higher up and then replaced by mainly montane Fagus forests, some (Fagetum dealpinum) on dry, steep calcareous slopes. True Central European xerothermic mixed Quercus woodland on sunny, base-rich soils too dry for Fagus includes Lithospermo- Quercetum, another quoted habitat. Julus curvicornis was also recorded from mixed Fagus , Abies and Picea (Fagetum Abietino-piceosum) which is situated above 850 m.

Remarks

A record from Déj, NW Romania ( Verhoeff 1899) is based on a female and is not shown on the map.