Megaphyllum glossulifer ( Schubart, 1934 )

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 : 13

Megaphyllum glossulifer ( Schubart, 1934)

Chromatoiulus glossulifer Schubart, 1934: 45 –46, Fig. 11 .

Chromatoiulus (Phauloiulus) glossulifer: Attems 1940: 307 .

Chromatoiulus glossulifer: Strasser 1966b: 330 , 381; 1973: 443, 459–460; Ceuca 1992: 425.

Megaphyllum glossulifer: Beron 1999: 15 ; Deltshev et al. 2000a: appendix 4, p. 10, appendix 5, p. 3, appendix 6, p. 2.; 2000b: appendix 4, p. 9, appendix 5, p. 3, appendix 6, p. 5.; Vagalinski & Stoev 2007: 49; Enghoff & Kime 2009.

Material examined. NMNH: Bulgaria: 333, 6ƤƤ, 5 juv., Stara Planina Mts., Ribaritsa region, Vezhen Hut, spruce forest, under bark and stones, 1630m, 0 1.08.1995, leg. P. Stoev, det. P. Stoev; 233, 5ƤƤ, 1 juv., Pamporovo ski resort, 12 km N Smolyan, 1850 m a.s.l., fir forest, under bark, leg. P. Beron, 24.07.1991, det. BV.

Distribution in the Balkans. Bulgaria: Stara Planina Mts., Central Balkan National Park; Rila Mts., Musala Hut (type locality), Granchar Peak, Rila National Park ( Vagalinski & Stoev 2007).

World distribution. Known only from Bulgaria, from the higher parts of Rila and Stara Planina Mts.

Remarks. Not a strictly alpine species but occupying subalpine and alpine habitats, known only from the highest parts of Rila, Stara Planina and Rhodopi Mts. ( Beron 1999). However, individuals from these three areas show no differences either in their morphology or in gonopod details.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 14. Megaphyllum metsovoni (Strasser, 1976) from Greece, Parnassos Mts., male. (10) In situ right gonopods, mesal view; (11) right promere, meso-caudal view (scale bars: 0.5 mm); right opisthomere from (12) caudal and (13) lateral views (scale bars: 0.1 mm); (14) left solenomere, meso-caudal view, promere in the background (scale bar: 0.05 mm). Abbreviations: ap: anterior process, cp: caudal process, fl: flagellum, g: groove, r: riffle, P: promere.