504. Pachyiulus flavipes (C.L. Koch, 1847)

Julus flavipes C.L. Koch, 1847 .

Distribution

AL, BG, ES-BAL, FR-FRA, GR-CYC, GR-DOD, GR-GRC, GR-KRI, HR, IT-ITA, IT-SAR, IT-SI, MT, TR-TUE, UA. – Also Asiatic Turkey, Cyprus, Middle-East, Caucasus.

Habitat

Synanthropic, frequently found in towns and villages where it is often observed in large numbers climbing walls.

Remarks

A very common, expansive Ponto-Mediterranean species. Synonymised under P. varius by Mauriès et al. (1997). In light of the study by Frederiksen et al. (2012) we treat P. flavipes as a separate species. See also P. apfelbecki, P. oenologus (Berlese, 1885) and P. varius (Fabricius, 1781) .