Cylindroiulus vulnerarius (Berlese, 1888)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 75

199. Cylindroiulus vulnerarius (Berlese, 1888)

Mesoiulus vulnerarius Berlese, 1888 .

Typhloiulus vulnerarius auct.

Cylindroiulus ellingseni Verhoeff, 1912 .

Distribution

BE, CZ, DE, FR-FRA, GB-GRB, GB-NI, IE, IT-ITA (from Liguria and Veneto south to Campania), NL, SE. – Also introduced into the Nearctic region.

Habitat

In association with wood and rich, decaying organic matter in contact with the soil. In Tuscany, Verhoeff (1908) found it beside a river in Alnus litter and under dead wood. Most records in other regions are urban or suburban, from gardens, parks, glasshouses, under manure heaps, compost or debris. Found in buried dead wood and in a mole’s nest. It occurs in caves and catacombs.

Remarks

Schubart (1934) presumed an Italian origin and introduction into all the other countries. Its occurrence in a rural Belgian cave and its numerous captures in the Low Countries and in the United Kingdom and Ireland lead one to wonder if it survived recent glaciations in caves in the Mosan district of Belgium and perhaps elsewhere ( Kime 2004; Kime & Dethier 2010). We have not shown on our map a record from Göteborg in Sweden because this is from a greenhouse.