Redefinition of the millipede subgenus Megaphyllum sensu stricto Verhoeff, 1894 and neotype designation for Megaphyllum austriacum (Latzel, 1884) (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae)
Author
Lazányi, Eszter
Author
Vagalinski, Boyan
text
Zootaxa
2013
3741
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55
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.2
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1175-5326
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Megaphyllum cygniforme
Lazányi & Korsós, 2012
Figs 8a–f
Megaphyllum (Megaphyllum) cygniforme
Lazányi & Korsós,
2012
in Lazányi et al. 2012: 29–30, 32–33, 41, Figs 37–52.
Distribution. Greece
(Lazányi
et al.
2012).
|
Diagnosis.
Differs from all other consubgeners
|
by |
the |
unique |
swan-neck |
shaped |
posterior |
process |
of |
the |
solenomere (
psp
) (Figs 8b, 8d).
|
Opisthomere’s (
Figs 8a–b, 8d
) posterior process (
pp
) tapering, longer than solenomere. Anterior solenomere process (
asp
) and posterior apical hump (
ph
) small.
Males have two bright longitudinal dorsal bands on a dark background. Body length and height: males:
33.3– 39.5mm
,
2.3–2.7mm
.
Remarks.
Endemic species to
Greece
, with a distinctively bent solenomere; described from Rhodopi and Kavala counties.
Female unknown.