589. Xestoiulus laeticollis (Porat, 1889)

Iulus laeticollis Porat, 1889 .

Microiulus laeticollis auct.

Microiulus laeticollis mierzeyewskii Jawłowski, 1925 .

Microiulus dudichi Verhoeff, 1927 .

Distribution

BY, DE, DK-DEN, EE, HU, LT, LV, NL, PL, RO, RU-KGD, RU-RUC, RU-RUW, SE, UA.

Habitat

This millipede is particularly associated with damp habitats: Swamps and marshes, wet woodland: Fraxinus and Alnus forests and Alnus swamps (Fraxino-Alnetum, Ribeso-nigri Alnetum, Alnetum- Quercetum fluvialis). Pinus woods. Meadows. Regarded as a stenotopic hygrobiont woodland species with preference for floodplains and swamp forests in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (Voigtländer 2011). The subspecies mirzeyewskyii found in Quercus and Pinus forest in Russia (Prisnyi 2001).

Remarks

Several subspecies have been described in addition to the frequently cited ssp. mirzeyewskii .