Megaphyllum dentatum ( Verhoeff, 1898 )

Lazányi, Eszter, Vagalinski, Boyan & Korsós, Zoltán, 2012, The millipede genus Megaphyllum Verhoeff, 1894 in the Balkan Peninsula, with description of new species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), Zootaxa 3228, pp. 1-47 : 12

Megaphyllum dentatum ( Verhoeff, 1898)

Brachyiulus (Chromatoiulus) dentatus Verhoeff, 1898: 156 , Figs 22–23.

Brachyiulus dentatus: Verhoeff 1899b: 763 ; 1932: 493; 1937: 117.

Chromatoioulus dentatus : Attems 1927: 233, Figs 308–310; 1929a: 331; Strasser 1966b: 330, 381; 1971b: 330, 345; 1971a: 41; Mršić 1985: 145; 1990: 96; Ceuca 1992: 425.

Chromatoiulus (Chromatoiulus) dentatus: Attems 1959: 305 .

Megaphyllum dentatum: Mršić 1993: 40 ; Ćurčić & Makarov 1997: 194; Mauriès et al. 1997: 290; Makarov et al. 2004: 260; Vagalinski & Stoev 2007: 49; Enghoff & Kime 2009.

Material examined. NHMW: Inv No. 8018, 533 [gonopods of one male as slide preparation], 9ƤƤ, 1 juv., Ljubeten, oberer Buchenwald [Šar Planina, upper beech forest], 1906.6.0 6., leg. Attems, det. Attems.

Distribution in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trebeviċ (type locality), Banjaluka, Miljačkatal, Igman, Jezero, Žepče, Trebeviċ at Sarajevo and Travnik ( Attems 1929a); Bulgaria: East Rumelia (former region of Bulgaria) ( Attems 1929a); Republic of Macedonia: Šar Planina Mt.: Ceripašin Peak, Korab, Ljuboten, Jablanica Mt., Popova Šapka ( Makarov et al. 2004); Montenegro: Durmitor Mt., Bosača, Crno Jezero Lake ( Makarov et al. 2004); Serbia: Šar Planina Mt., Ljuboten, South Serbia ( Makarov et al. 2004).

World distribution. Not found outside the Balkan Peninsula

Remarks. The only Megaphyllum s. str. species with a special projection in the upper third of the promere, much lower than in M. transsylvanicum . Otherwise its opisthomere fits well with Megaphyllum s. str., resembling M. transsylvanicum by having a very long solenomere process, but as a whole more like M. carniolense and M. montivagum .