Megaphyllum unilineatum (C.L. Koch, 1838)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 130

411. Megaphyllum unilineatum (C.L. Koch, 1838)

Julus unilineatus C.L. Koch, 1838 .

Chromatoiulus unilineatus auct.

Julus gilvolineatus L. Koch, 1881 .

Julus balearicus L. Koch, 1881 .

Brachyiulus genuinus Verhoeff, 1907 .

Distribution

AL, AT, BA, BG, CZ, DE, ES-BAL, GR-GRC, HR, HU, IT-ITA, MK, MN, PL, RO, SB, SI, SK. Balkan, extending into Central Europe.

Habitat

Generally in dry habitats such as grasslands on karst, the Pannonian Plain, and disturbed areas. Under stones, along roadsides, in ruins, quarries, urban habitats, caves. Coniferous forests, e.g., Pinus , Picea ; Robinia and Quercus woodland. Under Salix leaves by a stream. Regarded as a stenotopic xerobiont open land species with preference for xeric/mesoxeric meadows, fields and fallows in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Voigtländer 2011). Mass swarmings have been reported by, e.g., Paszlawsky (1878), Ćurčić & Makarov (1995, lasting nearly four weeks) and Korsós (1998).

Remarks

The species has not been recorded from the Balearic Islands since Koch (1881), possibly based on a now extinct population (see Enghoff & Vicente 2000). In his fauna of Moldavia, Jawłowski (1935) quoted three sites for this species, as Chromatoiulus projectus genuinus (Verhoeff, 1907) ; these are Braseu (= Braşov), Socola and Barnova, all of which are in Romania.