The millipede genus Megaphyllum Verhoeff, 1894 in the Balkan Peninsula, with description of new species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae)
Author
Lazányi, Eszter
Author
Vagalinski, Boyan
Author
Korsós, Zoltán
text
Zootaxa
2012
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1
47
journal article
45270
10.5281/zenodo.214875
6bae682e-cbd9-4e6a-a4af-e6c1fda188fb
1175-5326
214875
Megaphyllum euphorbiarum
(
Verhoeff, 1900
)
Brachyiulus (Cyphobrachyiulus) euphorbiarum
Verhoeff, 1900
: 192
–193,
Figs 8–9
.
Chromatoiulus (Diaxylus) euphorbiarum
:
Attems 1940
: 307
.
Chromatoiulus (Cyphobrachyiulus) euphorbiarum
:
Strasser 1967
: 286
; 1974: 276–277, 290.
Chromatoiulus euphorbiarum
:
Strasser 1976
: 613
;
Ceuca 1992
: 425
.
Megaphyllum euphorbiarum
:
Enghoff & Kime 2009
.
Material examined.
HNHM
:
Greece
: 233, 4ƤƤ, 2009/58, Arkadia county, Aroania Mts., Zarelia, rocky alpine grassland and limestone rocks under Mt. Nisi,
1600m
,
N37°56.543’
E22°14.067’
, 0 7.04.2009, leg. LD, JK & DM.
Distribution in the Balkans.
Greece
: Arkadia, highland in Tripoli (
type
locality) (
Verhoeff, 1900
), Peloponnese, Lake Stymphalia, W–shore (
Strasser 1974
).
World distribution.
Endemic to the Peloponnese,
Greece
.
Remarks.
Based on the original description by
Verhoeff (1900)
and Strasser’s (1974) report, this is the third record of the species, fitting well into its previously defined, high-altitude distribution.