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(of Julus montivagus Latzel, 1884) Latzel, R. (1884). Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. 1-414. Wien
page(s): 308 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Middle Europe

type locality contained in Middle Europe [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Leptoiulus montivagus (Latzel, 1884). Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=945299 on 2026-04-05

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original description (of Leptoiulus catascaphicus Verhoeff, 1930) Verhoeff, K. W. (1930). Zur Geographie, Ökologie und Systematik südalpenländischer Chilognathen.(116. Diplopoden-Aufsatz.). Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere, 18(4): 575-668. Berlin, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00418155
page(s): 634 [details]

original description (of Leptoiulus weberi Verhoeff, 1927) Verhoeff, K. W. (1927). Über Diplopoden des Bayrischen Waldes. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, 53: 147-174. Jena
page(s): 169 [details]

original description (of Julus montivagus Latzel, 1884) Latzel, R. (1884). Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. 1-414. Wien
page(s): 308 [details]

original description (of Leptoiulus tosanus zurstrasseni Verhoeff, 1929) Verhoeff, K. W. (1929). Über einige Diplopoden aus dem Senckenberg-Museum. Senckenbergiana biologica, 11(3): 97-101. Frankfurt am Main
page(s): 99 [details]

original description (of Iulus braueri tosanus Verhoeff, 1901) Verhoeff, K. W. (1901). Beiträge zur Kenntniss palaearktischer Myriopoden. XVIII. Aufsatz: Über Diplopoden aus Süddeutschland und Tirol. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg, 57: 81-111. Stuttgart
page(s): 107 [details]

original description (of Iulus braueri Verhoeff, 1895) Verhoeff, K. W. (1895). Aphorismen zur Biologie, Morphologie, Gattungs- und Art-Systematik der Diplopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 18(476-478): 203-244. Jena, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9728546
page(s): 238 [details]

additional source Kime, R. D.; Enghoff, H. (2017). Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 346: 1–299., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.346
page(s): 107-108; note: Among all the species of Leptoiulus with complicated taxonomic histories, L. montivagus probably takes the prize. It seems to be a relict species surviving at high altitudes, formerly widespread duri...

Among all the species of Leptoiulus with complicated taxonomic histories, L. montivagus probably takes the prize. It seems to be a relict species surviving at high altitudes, formerly widespread during the ice age, and since then the now isolated populations on the summits of mountain chains have diversified to some degree. Regarded as highly endangered in Germany (Voigtländer et al. 2011).

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additional source Kocourek, P.; Dolejš, P.; Kovaříková, A. (2023). Atlas rozšíření mnohonožek v České republice / Atlas of the Millipedes of the Czech Republic.
page(s): 82; note: Detailed distribution data. [details]

additional source Decker, P.; Lindner, E. N.; Reip, H. S.; Spelda, J.; K. Voigtländer. (2025). Contributions to the taxonomy and distribution of some rare and new centipedes and millipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda) in Germany. <em>Schubartiana.</em> 12: 11-69., available online at https://schubartiana.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Decker-2025-Contributions-to-the-taxonomy-and-distribution-of-some-rare-and-new-centipedes-and-millipedes-in-Germany.pdf
page(s): 54; note: The so-called montivagus-group of Leptoiulus (= L. braueri-group sensu KURNIK & THALER 1985) is a challenge. This could be a species group with several distinct species. Morphological and molecular ...

The so-called montivagus-group of Leptoiulus (= L. braueri-group sensu KURNIK & THALER 1985) is a challenge. This could be a species group with several distinct species. Morphological and molecular data are needed to clarify this question. The population from the Bavarian Forest (Germany) and Sumawa Forest (Czechia), formerly named L. weberi Verhoeff, 1927, seems to be restricted to stone runs. Beside the type locality of L. weberi (VERHOEFF 1927b), only the record cited above is known from the Bavarian Forest. There are some more records from Bohemia (KOCOUREK et al. 2023). The population from the Rhine Valley shows completely different ecological behaviour. At the Kaiserstuhl mountain it occurs in dry and warm vineyards (KOBEL-LAMPARSKI 1987). In the Rheinacher Heide in northern Switzerland L. montivagus it was found in a protected area with dry meadows (PEDROLI-CHRISTEN 1993).

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source of synonymy Schubart, O. (1934). Tausendfüßler oder Myriapoda. I: Diplopoda. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile, 28: 1-318. Jena, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02337682
page(s): 256 [details]