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Card 70/90

Name

Iulus

carder, millipede

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Myriapoda

Class: Diplopoda

Order: Julida

Family: Julidae

Genus: Iulus

Habitat

Terrestrial, epigeal, between the litter and superficial layers of the soil

Feeding

saprophagous, phytophagous

Distribution

Palearctic region, Southeast Asia and all of North America up to Panama

Conservation status

A species of the order Julida native to the Iberian Peninsula, Ommatoiulus moreletii (Lucas, 1860), has been introduced to the Atlantic islands, South Africa and South Australia, and is found in the national catalog of species invasive due to its introduction in the Canary Islands.

Additional information

Two pairs of legs per segment, with gnathochila, calcified segments of circular section, ventrally inserted legs.

Additional information

Bibliography

- Bailey, P.T. & Mendonça, T.R. (1990). The distribution of the millipede Ommatoiulus moreleti (Diplopoda, Julida: Julidae) in relation to other Ommatoiulus species on thesouth‐western Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Zoology, 221, 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb03779.x

- Eisembeis, G. & Wichard, W. 1987. Atlas on the biology of soil arthropods. Springer-Verlag, Berlín.

- Kime, R.D & Enghoff, H. 2017. Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy 346: 1-299.  DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.346 - Sierwald, P. & Bond, J.E. (2007). Current status of the Myriapod Class Diplopoda (Millipedes): Taxonomic diversity and phylogeny. Annual Review of Entomology, 52, 401-420. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210

- Spelda, J. (2015). Clase Diplopoda - Orden Julida. Revista IDE@ - SEA 27A: 1-18. Accesible en: http://sea-entomologia.org/IDE@/revista_27A.pdf