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 1 55 100 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.2 6a6ba78e-a9c5-4d11-997a-3d06e5e31520 1175-5326 223773 BF5EA9B8-C6F4-448A-BEF9-1976AB4EC308 Megaphyllum projectum projectum Verhoeff, 1894 Figs 4j–l Julus austriacus : Latzel 1884: 296 –300, partim . Megaphyllum projectum Verhoeff, 1894 : Verhoeff 1894d: 323–324, no figures. Brachyiulus austriacus Latz. ssp. projectus : Verhoeff 1896 a: Figs 27–28. Brachyiulus projectus : Verhoeff 1897b: 111 –112. Brachyiulus projectus var. alticolus Verhoeff, 1897b: 112 , Fig. III. Brachyiulus projectus alticolus : Verhoeff 1907: 303 , 305, Figs 10–12 . Brachyiulus projectus dioritanus Verhoeff, 1907: 303 , 305, Figs 5–8 . Brachyiulus projectus kochi Verhoeff, 1907: 302 , 304, Figs 3 , 9 partim. Chromatoiulus projectus projectus : Attems 1929: 331 . Chromatoiulus (Chromatoiulus) projectus projectus : Lokšina & Golovatch 1979: 385 . Chromatoiulus (Chromatoiulus) projectus : Attems 1940: 306 . Chromatoiulus proiectus : Haacker & Fuchs 1972: 191 . Chromatoiulus projectus : Strasser 1966a: 210 . Brachyiulus projectus dioritanus : Verhoeff 1927: 121 . Chromatoiulus projectus dioritanus : Schubart 1934a: 280 , Fig. 437. Chromatoiulus projectus var. dioritanus : Szalay 1940: 8 –9; 1943: 141–142. Megaphyllum projectum dioritanum : Korsós 1994: 38 . Megaphyllum projectus dioritanus : Giurginca et al. 2007: 236 . Megaphyllum (Chromatoiulus) projectus dioritanus : Gulička 1985a: 120 . Megaphyllum projectum : Hoffman 1980: 104 ; Enghoff & Kime 2009. Megaphyllum projectum projectum : Lazányi & Korsós 2011: 45 –49, Figs 1–8 ; 2012: 4, 21, 40. Material examined. Inv. Nr. 8133, 4♂ , Ungarn , Siebenbürgen, Kroatien , [ Hungary , Romania and Croatia ], 1919, don. Latzel, Ch. austriacus sensu Latzel det. Attems (NHMW); Hungary : 1♂ , 1♀, Fényi-erdő, Bátorliget, from under barks, leaf-litter sifting and singling, 2011.05.28., leg. Novák J. (HNHM); Romania : 1♂ , 1juv. , Medgyes [Mediaş], leg. Dr. Tömösváry Ö., 830/1888, Rev. Loksa 55/1955 (HNHM); Serbia : ZMB 1846: 2♂ , 4♀, 13 juv. , Julus austriacus Syntypen , “ J. fasciatus C. L. Koch Name ungiltig!”, Serbien (MNB); Slovakia : 1♂ , Körtvélyes [Hrušov], leg. Raisz G., 830/1888, Julus austriacus var. nigrescens det. Dr. Daday, Revid. Loksa 56/1955 (HNHM). Distribution. Austria : Graz ( type locality) Innsbruck, Isel (Thaler et al. 1993), Feldbach, Gleisdorf, Oberaudorf (Lazányi & Korsós 2011); Croatia : Vidovec, Želesnica, Tužno (Attems 1929); Istria (Lazányi & Korsós 2011); Germany : Grünkopf, Partenkirchen (Lazányi & Korsós 2011); Hungary : (Loksa 1984, Korsós 1994) Nagy-Szénás (Sallai 1992); Bátorliget (Szlávecz & Loksa 1992); Aggteleki National Park (Lazányi & Korsós 2009); Misina and Tubes (Gebhardt 1964); Mecsek (Gebhardt 1966); Bükk (Loksa 1968b); Bakony (Loksa 1971); Pilis (Loksa 1988); Kecske cave (Szalay 1940); Kőszegi Mts (Szalay 1943); Italy : Vipiteno (Lazányi & Korsós 2011); Republic of Moldova : Brǎseu, Socola, Bǎrnova (Jawłowski 1935); Romania : Făgăraş (Gava 2004); Judeţul Vrancea (Tăbăcaru 1976); Podu Olt (Ceuca et al. 1983); Valea Arieşului (Crişan 1999); Slovakia : Kremnica (Lazányi & Korsós 2011); Slovenia : Lower Carniolan (Dolenjska) hillside and Gorjanci Mt. (Strasser 1966a). Diagnosis. Differs from the most similar subspecies M. p. kochi by having larger and more bulging promeres ( P ) (see Fig. 4j in comparison with 4e) and better developed apical serrated lobe ( sl ) of the promere—discernible not only from posterior but also from meso-posterior view ( Fig. 4j ). Both processes of the opisthomere ( Fig. 4k ) ( ap and pp ) well-developed; the solenomere’s posterior process ( psp ) generally elongated, mostly—at least slightly, depending on individual variation—longer than the anterior process ( asp ). Body length and height: males: 25.9–53.9mm , 1.8–3.2mm ; females: 30–51.9mm , 2.6–4.2mm . Remarks. Nominotypical subspecies of the Megaphyllum type species, distributed in the southern half of the species’ distribution range, with a northern border formed by the Carpathians and the Alps; its taxonomic status has been recently clarified by Lazányi & Korsós (2011).