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
3228
1
47
journal article
45270
10.5281/zenodo.214875
6bae682e-cbd9-4e6a-a4af-e6c1fda188fb
1175-5326
214875
Megaphyllum metsovoni
(
Strasser, 1976
)
Chromatoiulus metsovoni
Strasser, 1976
: 614
–616,
Figs 52
–56.
Chromatoiulus metsovoni
:
Ceuca 1992
: 425
.
Megaphyllum metsovoni
:
Enghoff & Kime 2009
.
Material examined.
HNHM
:
Greece
: 13, 1Ƥ, 2009/74, Phocis county, Parnassos Mts., Eptolofos, spruce forest SE of the village,
1115m
,
N38°35.245’
E22°30.267’
, 0 8.04.2009, leg. LD, JK & DM.
Distribution in the Balkans.
Greece
: Epirus, Metsovo (
type
locality) (
Strasser 1976
).
World distribution.
Endemic to
Greece
.
Remarks.
This second record of the species widens its distribution area to a locality far from Epirus. The gonopods slightly differ from Strasser’s drawings, so here we present new, more detailed illustrations (
Figs 10–14
).