91. Brachyiulus stuxbergi (Fanzago, 1875)

Iulus stuxbergi Fanzago, 1875 .

Microbrachyiulus olearum Verhoeff, 1910 .

Microbrachyiulus gilvicollis Verhoeff, 1941 .

? Julus (Microiulus) merontis Attems, 1902 ?

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 .