Brachyiulus stuxbergi (Fanzago, 1875 (Fanzago, 1875)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 47-48

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.3867372
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AE61D913-FF8F-FFE9-FDB7-4DA3FC7EFD3B
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Brachyiulus stuxbergi (Fanzago, 1875
status

Treatment

91. Brachyiulus stuxbergi (Fanzago, 1875 View in CoL )

Iulus stuxbergi Fanzago, 1875 .

Microbrachyiulus olearum Verhoeff, 1910 View in CoL .

Microbrachyiulus gilvicollis Verhoeff, 1941 View in CoL .

? Julus (Microiulus) merontis Attems, 1902 View in CoL ?

Distribution

GR-GRC, GR-KRI, IT-ITA, IT-SI, MT. Mediterranean. – Also Algeria and Tunisia.

Habitat

Seems to tolerate relatively arid conditions, found on clayey slopes and in garrigue, as well as woodland, maquis and gardens in Malta ( Enghoff & Schembri 1989). On Crete it has been found up to an altitude of 860 m, in Epirus up to 990 m and in Sicily up to 1950 m on Mt.Etna.

Remark

Attems (1902) described Julus (Microiulus) merontis from several localities in Crete. This species remains uncertain ( Felesaki et al. 2010); it is definitely not a species of Xestoiulus (= Microiulus ) but rather seems to belong in Brachyiulus . Since B. stuxbergi is the only Brachyiulus known from Crete, we tentatively suggest that J. merontis may be a synonym of B. stuxbergi .