Eluma caelata ( Miers, 1877 )

Eluma caelata ( Miers, 1877) View in CoL

Fig. 6 H View Figure 6

Armadillidium caelatum Miers, 1877: 665, pl. 7 fig. 3. View in CoL

Rhacodes inscriptus Eaton, 1882: 360 (not Rhacodes inscriptus C. L. Koch in Rosenhauer 1856: 422).

Eluma purpurascens Budde-Lund, 1885: 48, 294; Preudhomme de Borre 1886: 112; Dollfus 1889 a: 126; Dollfus 1889 b: 306; Dollfus 1896 a: 357; Norman 1899: 69; Verhoeff 1908: 370; Vandel 1946: 357, fig. 158. View in CoL

Eluma caelatum Arcangeli, 1935 a: 3; Arcangeli 1948: 242; Schmölzer 1965: 303, fig. 1213; Schmölzer 1971: 58; Schmalfuss 2003: 107. View in CoL

Eluma caelata Gregory et al., 2012: 21, tab. 2, 3; Reboleira et al. 2015: 47; Recuero et al. 2022: 1315, tab. 1; Cifuentes and Da Silva 2023: 29, figs 1 A, 2 A-C, 4 G. View in CoL

Material examined.

Portugal – Serra de Estrela • 1 ♀; 40°17'22.9"N, 7°35'19.7"W; 20.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001121 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 19.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001250 GoogleMaps • 5 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; 19.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001268 , 001270, 001271, 001272 GoogleMaps • 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; 19.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MZUF 10034 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; 20.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001347 GoogleMaps . – Sicó • 3 ♀♀; 39°58'51.8"N, 8°33'13.1"W; 20.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001126 , 001148, 001163 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; 19.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001251 , 001254, 001265, 001267 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; 19.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001280 GoogleMaps • 3 ♀♀; 20.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001369 , 001380 GoogleMaps . – Alcobertas • 34 ♂♂, 27 ♀♀; 39°25'46.5"N, 8°54'59.0"W; 1.IV.2023; leg. R. P. EusébioEusébio, R. P. leg; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001349 , 001359 GoogleMaps . – Montejunto • 14 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀; 39°10'11.4"N, 9°04'14.8"W; 23.VII.2022;; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001159 , 001182, 001183, 001193 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 11 ♀♀; 21.IX.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001221 , 001224, 001228 GoogleMaps • 11 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; 21.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001327 , 001336, 001342, 001345 GoogleMaps • 38 ♂♂, 26 ♀♀, 1 juv.; 21.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001388 , 001391, 001395, 001398, 001401 GoogleMaps . – Arrábida • 8 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀; 38°28'59.2"N, 9°00'09.9"W; 21.VII.2022; leg. R. P. Eusébio; MSS pitfall trap; MNHNC: MB 11: 001157 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; 20.XII.2022; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001311 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; 22.III.2023; same data as for preceding; MNHNC: MB 11: 001367 GoogleMaps .

Distribution.

United Kingdom, France, Iberian Peninsula, The Netherlands, Belgium, Morocco, and Western Sahara. It was introduced to Australia ( Tasmania) and French Guiana.

Ecological notes.

This epigean species can also be found in caves and MSS.

Seasonal patterns in Portuguese MSS habitats.

This species was found in all locations. In Serra da Estrela, Sicó and Montejunto it was captured during all seasons. In Serra da Estrela abundance increases towards fall then decreases in winter (Fig. 7 H View Figure 7 ). In Sicó abundance increases toward summer, decreases in fall and increases again in winter (Fig. 7 H View Figure 7 ). In Montejunto abundance decreases in summer then increases steadily towards winter (Fig. 7 H View Figure 7 ). In Alcobertas it was captured only in winter (Fig. 7 H View Figure 7 ). In Arrábida it was captured during spring, fall and winter, with abundance decreasing from its peak in spring towards fall, then increasing slightly in winter (Fig. 7 H View Figure 7 ).