Megaphyllum leucadium (Attems, 1929)

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 : 15

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.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Megaphyllum austriacum (Latzel, 1884) male gonopod variation. (1 – 3) Brachyiulus (Chromatoiulus) dahli Verhoeff, 1901 syntype (ZMB 12720 a), Herzegovina: (1) left promere, meso-caudal view; (2) left opisthomere, mesal view; (3) right opisthomere, lateral view; (4 – 6) Brachyiulus austriacus det. Verhoeff, Croatian coastline (HNHM): (4) left promere, meso-caudal view; (5) left and (6) right opisthomeres, latero-caudal view; (7 – 8) Brachyiulus austriacus det. Verhoeff (ZMUC) (7) left promere, caudal view and (8) left opisthomere, mesal view (scale bars: 0.2 mm). Abbreviations: cp: caudal process of the opisthomere, scp: caudal process of the solenomere, fl: flagellum, s: solenomere.

FIGURES 64 – 68. Megaphyllum danyii Lazányi & Korsós sp. n. from Greece, the Peloponnese, Elliniko, male holotype, right gonopods. (64) Promere, caudal view; (65) opisthomere, meso-anterior view (scale bars: 0.25 mm); opisthomere from (66) mesal, (67) anterior and (68) latero-anterior views (scale bars: 0.1 mm). Abbreviations: cm: coarse margin on promere, g: groove, gr: setose groove; lp: lateral process, ly: layer, r: riffle, scp: caudal process of the solenomere, P: promere.