Eurygyrus C.L. Koch, 1847

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Genus Eurygyrus C.L. Koch, 1847

Eurygyrus C.L. Koch, 1847 , System der Myriapoden, 47: 114. Type species: E. rufolineatus C.L. Koch, 1847 , by subsequent designaton of Cook, 1895. Hoffman & Lohmander, 1964, Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 62: 127 (revision). Hoffman, 1973, Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 69: 95 (revision). Glaubrecht & Spelda, 1993, Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 90: 287 (review). Stoev & Enghoff, 2004, Zootaxa, 419: 7 (key).

Megastrephon Cook, 1895 , Am. Natur., 29: 1019. Type species: Platops xanthina Newport, 1844 , by original designaton. Synonymy proposed by Hoffman & Lohmander (1964).

Brölemannia Verhoeff, 1896 , Arch. Naturgesch., 62 (1): 21. Type species: Lysiopetalum byzantinum Verhoeff, 1896 , by monotypy. Synonymy proposed by Hoffman & Lohmander (1964).

Syriopetalum Verhoeff, 1923 , Arch. Naturgesch., 89A (4): 132. Type species: Broelemannia rufolineatum: Verhoeff, 1923 (= Lysiopetalum rufolineatum sensu Porat, 1893 , nec Koch), by monotypy. Synonymy proposed by Hoffman & Lohmander (1964).

Bulgaropetalum Verhoeff, 1926 , Mitt. Bulg. Ent. Ges. Sofia, 3: 195. Type species: Brölemannia bulgaricum Verhoeff, 1926 , by monotypy. Synonymy proposed by Hoffman & Lohmander (1964).

Oromannia Verhoeff, 1940 , Rev. Fac. Sci. Univ. Istanbul, 5: 18. Type species: Brölemannia bilselii , by monotypy (cf. Jeekel 1971). Synonymy proposed by Hoffman & Lohmander (1964).

Linomeritia Verhoeff, 1940 , Rev. Fac. Sci. Univ. Istanbul, 5: 19. Type species: Lysiopetalum kervillei Attems, 1911 , by monotypy. Synonymy proposed by Hoffman & Lohmander (1964).

Eighteen species, from Peloponnese in Greece in the West to Syria, Lebanon and Palestine / Israel in the East. Uncertain records from Armenia / Iran. Introduced in Bulgaria.