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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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.214875
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1175-5326
214875
Megaphyllum leucadium
(Attems, 1929)
Chromatoiulus leucadius
Attems, 1929b
: 465
–467,
Figs 1–5
.
Chromatoiulus (Phauloiulus) leucasius
:
Attems 1940
: 307
.
Chromatoiulus leucadius
:
Strasser 1974
: 269
, 272 and 290, 292,
Fig. 66
;
Ceuca 1992
: 425
.
Megaphyllum leucadium
:
Enghoff & Kime 2009
.
Material examined.
NHMW
:
Greece
:
Inv. No. 3111, gonopods,
type
, slide preparation; gonopods, slide preparation, Levkas (Frini, Enkluvi), Beier 1932; Inv. No. 8020, 533, 6ƤƤ, Levkas, leg. M. Beier,
30.5.1932
.
Distribution in the Balkans.
Greece
: “Leucas” (today: Lefkada): Frini (
type
locality), Kaligoni and under Frini by the seacoast (
Strasser 1974
).
World distribution.
Endemic to the island of Lefkada,
Greece
.
Remarks.
This is the only hitherto known
Megaphyllum
species on the island; resembling
M. cepahlonicum
from the neighbouring Cephalonia Island, and
M. recticauda
from Corfu Island,
Greece
.