Megaphyllum silvaticum ( Verhoeff, 1898 )

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 128

404. Megaphyllum silvaticum ( Verhoeff, 1898)

Brachyiulus silvaticus Verhoeff, 1898 .

Chromatoiulus silvaticus auct.

Distribution

AT, HR, HU, IT-ITA, MD, PL, RO, SI, SK, UA. East Central Europe.

Habitat

Tends to be found in mountainous country, sometimes at high elevations, e.g., 1900 m under alpine grass ( Verhoeff 1900), 1520 m in the Rodna Mountains ( Laźanyi & Korsós 2009). Beech ( Fagus ) forest; limestone rocks on pasture.

Remarks

Verhoeff (1900) stated that the species favours high places but is not confined to mountains. Golovatch (1992) finds it a typical Carpathian species. It also occurs in the SE and Dinaric Alps as well as some lowland areas.

Laźanyi & Korsós (2010) found three different types of male gonopod in this variable species but only one type of female vulva, explaining why the subspecies discolor Verhoeff, 1907, is not valid.