Brachyiulus is a genus of millipedes, containing around eight species,[1] most of which live in the Mediterranean Basin of Europe and Asia.[2] The species B. pusillus has been introduced widely around the world[3]

Brachyiulus
Brachyiulus pusillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Julida
Family: Julidae
Genus: Brachyiulus
Berlese, 1884
Type species
Brachyiulus pusillus
(Leach, 1815)
Species

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Synonyms

Microbrachyiulus Verhoeff 1897
Anoploiulus Verhoeff 1894
Brachiulus Berlese 1886

Species edit

Brachyiulus apfelbecki Verhoeff 1898
Brachyiulus bagnalli (Brolemann 1924)
Brachyiulus jawlowskii Lohmander 1928
Brachyiulus klisurensis Verhoeff 1903
Brachyiulus lusitanus Verhoeff 1898
Brachyiulus pusillus (Leach 1814)
Brachyiulus stuxbergi (Fanzago 1875)
Brachyiulus varibolinus Attems 1904

References edit

  1. ^ "Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2". 29 August 2013. Retrieved 18 Mar 2014.
  2. ^ Richard Hoffman (1999). "Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America" (PDF). Special publication. 8. Virginia Museum of Natural History.
  3. ^ Jastrzębski, P. (2012). "Brachyiulus jawlowskii Lohmander, 1928, a millipede species new to the fauna of Poland (Myriapoda: Diplopoda)" (PDF). Fragmenta Faunistiva. 55 (1): 5–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-18.

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