Megaphyllum byzantinum (Verhoeff, 1901)

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 : 10

Megaphyllum byzantinum (Verhoeff, 1901)

Brachyiulus (Chromatoiulus) byzantinus Verhoeff, 1901c: 266 –267, Fig. 7 . Brachyiulus (Byzantorhopalum) byzantinus: Verhoeff 1930: 1667 .

Chromatoiulus byzantinus: Attems 1927: 222 ; Strasser 1976: 643; Ceuca 1992: 425. Megaphyllum byzantinum: Enghoff 2006: 183 ; Enghoff & Kime 2009.

Material examined. MNB: ZMB 2507a: gonopods, 1st and 2nd leg-pairs, syntype, slide preparation (Nr. 1743 Coll. Verhoeff), Konstantinopel, 1900, leg. Apfelbeck; NHMW: gonopods, slide preparation, Belgrader Wald bei Konstantinopel [Belgrade Forest by Constantinople], X. 0 1., leg. Apfelbeck.

Distribution in the Balkans. Turkey: Belgrade Forest (type locality) ( Enghoff 2006).

World distribution. Endemic to Turkey, present not only in the European part but in Çankiri, too ( Enghoff 2006).

Remarks. The only species of the dubious subgenus Byzantorhopalum Verhoeff, 1930 .

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.