Megaphyllum euphorbiarum ( Verhoeff, 1900 )

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.214875
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6173902
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scientific name	Megaphyllum euphorbiarum ( Verhoeff, 1900 )
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Megaphyllum euphorbiarum ( Verhoeff, 1900) View in CoL

Brachyiulus (Cyphobrachyiulus) euphorbiarum Verhoeff, 1900: 192 View in CoL –193, Figs 8–9 View FIGURES 1 – 8 View FIGURE 9 . Chromatoiulus (Diaxylus) euphorbiarum: Attems 1940: 307 View in CoL .

Chromatoiulus (Cyphobrachyiulus) euphorbiarum: Strasser 1967: 286 View in CoL ; 1974: 276–277, 290. Chromatoiulus euphorbiarum: Strasser 1976: 613 View in CoL ; Ceuca 1992: 425.

Megaphyllum euphorbiarum: Enghoff & Kime 2009 View in CoL .

Material examined. HNHM: Greece: 233, 4ƤƤ, 2009/58, Arkadia county, Aroania Mts., Zarelia, rocky alpine grassland and limestone rocks under Mt. Nisi, 1600m, N37°56.543’ E22°14.067’, 0 7.04.2009, leg. LD, JK & DM.

Distribution in the Balkans. Greece: Arkadia, highland in Tripoli (type locality) ( Verhoeff, 1900), Peloponnese, Lake Stymphalia, W–shore ( Strasser 1974).

World distribution. Endemic to the Peloponnese, Greece.

Remarks. Based on the original description by Verhoeff (1900) and Strasser’s (1974) report, this is the third record of the species, fitting well into its previously defined, high-altitude distribution.