Species Ommatoiulus moreleti (Lucas, 1860)

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Iulus moreleti Lucas, H. 1860. Myriapodes. pp. 96-97 in Morelet, A. (ed.). Notice sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Açores, suivie d'une description des Mollusques terrestres de cet Archipel. Paris : J.-B. Baillière et Fils 216 pp. [96].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Native to Portugal and Spain, introduced to the Azores and Madeira.

Introduced from unknown country.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

 

General References

Bailey, P.T. 1997. Decline of an invading millipede, Ommatoiulus moreleti in South Australia: the need for a better understanding of the mechanism (Diplopoda, Julida: Julidae). Entomologica Scandinavica. Supplementum 51: 241-244 [241] (includes useful bibliography of Australian research on this species)

Baker, G.H. 1985. The distribution and abundance of the Portugese millipede Ommatoiulus moreletii (Diplopoda: Iulidae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 10: 249-259 [249]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2012		05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2012		12-May-2010	ADDED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)