Megaphyllum creticum ( Strasser, 1976 )

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 creticum ( Strasser, 1976)

Chromatoiulus (Italoiulus) margaritatus var. cretica Strasser, 1976: 620 –621, Figs 67–68 . Chromatoiulus margaritatus creticus: Ceuca 1992: 426 .

Megaphyllum cretica: Ćurčić et al. 2001: 105 ; Felesaki et al. 2010: 360. Megaphyllum creticum: Enghoff & Kime 2009 .

Distribution in the Balkans. Greece: Lefka Ori (White Mts.), Crete Island (type locality) ( Ćurčiċ et al 2001). World distribution. Endemic to the island of Crete, Greece.

Remarks. Elevation of the variant cretica to species level was discussed in detail by Ćurčiċ et al. (2001). It is a good example of species evolution on islands: a taxon formerly thought to be a variant, but nowadays treated as a separate species from Crete. It represents one of the two Cretan Megaphyllum species. The correct spelling of the species should be creticum according to the rules of ICZN (2000).

Figures

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.