Biology:Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Julida |
| Family: | Julidae |
| Genus: | Cylindroiulus |
| Species: | C. caeruleocinctus
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| Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus (Wood, 1864)
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Cylindroiulus teutonicus (Pocock, 1900)[1] | |
Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus is a species of millipede in the family Julidae. It is native to northern Europe and has been introduced to North America where it is now widespread.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Description
Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus has a cylindrical body shape with multiple segments that are characteristic of millipedes. It is dark, brown, or bronze and has a darker or blue band on each segment.[2]
C. caeruleocinctus is a larger millipede being up to 30 mm long when fully grown. It has bean shaped eyes. Its telson (the final segment of its body) is smooth and flat instead of projecting outward.[9]
Distribution
Most commonly found in Germany, the UK, Sweden, and Switzerland. This species also appears in Canada, Norway, Luxembourg, the USA, the Netherlands, and France.[10]
Often found in grassland, hedges, small woods, rarely in forests. Large populations have been found in urban areas. Common in parks, gardens, and cemeteries. It may be found under wet leaves in parks and beside rivers in towns. Its preferred foods have been found to be broadleaves, followed by grass and moss. There are records of this species being an agricultural pest.[11]
The sightings and activity of this species rises significantly in the spring and fall and drops significantly in the summer and winter.[12]
Similar Species
Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus is most likely to be confused with Cylindroiulus londinensis, which is larger and has a club-shaped protruding telson.[13]
Other dark millipedes of similar size, such as Julus scandinavius or Tachypodoiulus niger have a pointed telson.[13]
Similar species that lack a projecting telson, such as Cylindroiulus britannicus, are much smaller than C. caeruleocinctus (less than 20 mm long).[13]
References
- ↑ Bogyó, Dávid; Korsos, Zoltan (2010). "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus (Wood, 1864), new to the fauna of Hungary, and its current European distribution (Diplopoda: Julida)". Schubartiana 4: 9–14. https://schubartiana.de/issues/pdf/vol4/Bogyo-2010-Cylindroiulus_caeruleocinctus_Hungary.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus" (in en). 2025-06-28. https://bugswithmike.com/guide/arthropoda/myriapoda/diplopoda/julida/julidae/cylindroiulus/caeruleocinctus.
- ↑ "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=570189.
- ↑ "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/0554631474846f3c1de99ff7e4cbbb61.
- ↑ "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1013578.
- ↑ "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/101506.
- ↑ "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus Overview". http://eol.org/pages/310518/overview.
- ↑ Shelley, R.M.. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Nadiplochilo/Nadiplochilo.aspx.
- ↑ "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus | NatureSpot". https://www.naturespot.org/species/cylindroiulus-caeruleocinctus.
- ↑ "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus (Wood, 1864)" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1013578/metrics.
- ↑ Kime, Richard Desmond; Enghoff, Henrik (2017-08-29). Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3866888. https://zenodo.org/records/3866888.
- ↑ "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154601-Cylindroiulus-caeruleocinctus.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus | British Myriapod and Isopod Group". https://bmig.org.uk/species/cylindroiulus-caeruleocinctus.
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Further reading
- Brewer, M.S.; Sierwald, P.; Bond, J.E. (2012). "Millipede Taxonomy after 250 Years: Classification and Taxonomic Practices in a Mega-Diverse yet Understudied Arthropod Group". PLOS ONE 7 (5). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037240. PMID 22615951.
- Brusca, Richard C.; Moore, Wendy; Shuster, Stephen M. (2016). Invertebrates (3rd ed.). Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-60535-375-3.
- Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.
- Golovatch, Sergei I.; Kime, R.Desmond (2009). "Millipede (Diplopoda) distributions: A review". Soil Organisms (Citeseer) 81 (3): 565–597. http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/soilorganisms/volume_81_3/24_golovatch.pdf. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- Hoffman, Richard L. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. ISBN 978-1-884549-12-0.
- Lee, Paul; Harding, P. (2006). Atlas of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland. 59. Pensoft. ISBN 978-954-642-277-4.
- Sierwald, Petra; Bond, Jason E. (2007). "Current status of the myriapod class Diplopoda (millipedes): taxonomic diversity and phylogeny". Annual Review of Entomology (Annual Reviews) 52: 401–420. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.52.111805.090210. PMID 17163800.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4292694 entry
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