Leptoiulus alemannicus (Verhoeff, 1894)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 97-98

291. Leptoiulus alemannicus (Verhoeff, 1894)

Iulus allemannicus Verhoeff, 1894 .

Distribution

AT, CH, CZ, DE, HR, IT-ITA, SI. Subalpine-Alpine.

Habitat

Occurs from about 800 m up to 2800 m without any very evident habitat preference between river banks, screes, rocky areas, moraines, subalpine meadows ( 1960–1980 m) and alpine meadows including Rhododendro -vaccinietum -cembretosum ( 2070 m); Rhododendro -Vaccinion ( 2100–2190 m); communities of Empetro -Vaccienetum uliginosi with extended lichen-heaths ( 2250–2340 m); a stony Loiseleurieto -Cetrarietum (2500–2550); Hygrocurvuletum ( 2650 m) (Meyer 1985; Pedroli-Christen 1993;). It also occurs in some forests, especlally shady slopes with Alnus viridis , Fagus ( Schubart 1934; Strasser,1940) and conifers ( Verhoeff 1913). Microsites under decaying wood, heaps of rubble and stones. Active from June to November, with a pronounced peak in July ( Pedroli-Christen 1993).

Remarks

Records from the Czech Republic are discounted, following Tajovský (2001). Verhoeff created a few subspecies of L. alemannicus . The most southerly records which are from a relatively low altitude on the Island of Cres and the South of Slovenia belong to the subspecies L. alemannicus austriacus Verhoeff, 1910 ( Mršić 1994) .