Enchodelus vesuvianus Thorne 1939

Enchodelus vesuvianus (Cobb, 1893) Thorne, 1939 Dorylaimus vesuvianus Cobb, 1893; Cobb (1893) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10853995 Dorylaimus vesuvianus; Steiner (1914): 262 [list] BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003080 Dorylaimellus vesuvianus (Cobb, 1893) Thorne & Swanger, 1936; Thorne and Swanger (1936) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10845811 Enchodelus (Enchodelus) vesuvianus (Cobb, 1893) Thorne, 1939; Ahmad and Jairajpuri (1980) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8144934 Enchodelus vesuvianus (Cobb, 1893) Thorne, 1939; Thorne (1939) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003126 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Meyl (1954) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10928057 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Meyl (1961) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11015551 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Zullini (1970) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10850516 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Vinciguerra (1972) BRL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11028268 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Vinciguerra and De Francisci (1973) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8143851 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Zullini (1978) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10814618 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Winiszewska-Slipinska (1987) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10854942 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Eliava and Eliashvily (1990): 69,102 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11003031 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Andrássy (2009 b) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10821951 Enchodelus vesuvianus; Peña-Santiago (2021 b): 211-212 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo. 11191929 Distribution The species is widespread in southern and central parts of Western Palearctic: Italy (type habitat: moss - Cobb (1893) / moss - Meyl (1954), moss - Zullini (1970), Zullini (1971), Vinciguerra (1972) / moss - Vinciguerra and De Francisci (1973) / moss - Zullini (1978) / moss on rock - Barbuto and Zullini (2006) / alpine springs - sediments, mosses - Zullini et al. (2011)), Hungary (Andrássy (1973), Andrássy (2009 b)), Poland (Festucetalia valesiacae Soó, Arrhenatherum sp. - Winiszewska-Slipinska (1987)) and Switzerland (Steiner (1914)). In Nearctic, it is reported from the USA (Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Moench - Orr and Dickerson (1967)). Notes Enchodelus vesuvianus was found and described for the first time from Mount Vesuvius, Italy. This species is widespread in Europe, mainly associated with mosses. It has also been reported from the USA, but without morphological and morphometric data.