Ophyiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 150

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.346
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3867564
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE61D913-FF34-FF53-FD80-4A59FC34FCAC
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Ophyiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898
status

Treatment

498. Ophyiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898 View in CoL

Ophiiulus targionii Silvestri, 1898 View in CoL .

Ophyiulus targionii verruculiger Verhoeff, 1910 View in CoL .

Ophyiulus verruculiger View in CoL auct.

Ophyiulus fretarius Attems, 1927 View in CoL .

Distribution

ES-BAL, IT-ITA, IT-SI, MT. Southern and Central Italy, with islands. – Also introduced into the Australian region.

Habitat

Quercus laurifolia forest, quarry, limestone mountains, open, sunny slope. Up to 2300 m in Sicily. In Malta, it occurs in leaf-litter in woodland and macquis ( Enghoff & Schembri 1989). Has been found in caves ( Minelli 1985).

Remarks

Quite a variable species; several subspecies have been described.