Leptoiulus helveticus (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 : 104

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.346
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9600FFB8-3FB9-4522-B030-D5A6B145EDEB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3867442
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE61D913-FFC6-FFA1-FDBA-49EAFD29FADB
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Leptoiulus helveticus (Verhoeff, 1894)
status

Treatment

317. Leptoiulus helveticus (Verhoeff, 1894) View in CoL

Iulus helveticus Verhoeff, 1894 .

Iulus odieri Brölemann, 1896 .

Leptoiulus odieri View in CoL auct.

Leptoiulus vagabundus View in CoL auct.

Distribution

AT, CH, IT-ITA. Alps and Jura Mountains.

Habitat

Predominantly in alpine meadows, rocky outcrops and screes on sedimentary strata. Castanea and coniferous forest. Found at an altitude as low as 500 m in the Jura but up to 2800 m in the Alps.

Remarks

Several subspecies have been described. Pedroli-Christen (1993) suggested that it may be a polytypic species including L. faesi and L. sarasini .