Megaphyllum imbecillum ( Attems, 1935 )

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 : 14

Megaphyllum imbecillum ( Attems, 1935)

Chromatoiulus imbecillus Attems, 1935: 152 –153, Figs 11–13 .

Chromatoiulus (Syriobrachyiulus) imbecillus: Attems 1940: 307 and 312, Fig. 30. Chromatoiulus imbecillus: Strasser 1976: 609 , Figs 38–40; 1974: 290; Ceuca 1992: 425. Chromatoiulus imbecillus var. attenuata Strasser, 1976: 609 –610, Figs 41–42. Chromatoiulus imbecillus attenuatus: Ceuca 1992: 425 .

Chromatoiulus imbecillus var. kopanensis Strasser, 1976: 610 , Figs 43–44. Chromatoiulus imbecillus copanensis: Ceuca 1992: 425 .

Megaphyllum imbecillum: Mauriès et al. 1997: 277 ; Enghoff & Kime 2009.

Material examined. HNHM: Republic of Macedonia: 13 DL204, 2006/26, Sveti Naum, springs and spring lake above the Ohrid Lake, 704m, N40°54’35.7” E20°44’52.1”, 16.10.2006, leg. LD, JK & DM; NMNH: Albania: 13, 1Ƥ, 13km N of Ersekë, near road, leaf litter, 12.05.1995, leg. S. Golovatch, P. Stoev & B. Petrov, det. J.–P. Mauriès, S. Golovatch & P. Stoev.

Distribution in the Balkans. Albania: 13km N of Ersekё, Leskovik District ( Mauriès et al. 1997); Greece: Nisista (type locality), Elati, Grevniti, Megalo Peristeri, Konitsa, Kato Kalentini, Epirus: Anemorachi, Epirus under Kopani ( Strasser 1976).

World distribution. Restricted to the former „Epirus” region, Albania, Greece and Republic of Macedonia.

Remarks. New to the fauna of the Republic of Macedonia. This species is considered to be common to Epirus ( Strasser 1976), i.e. its location on the border of Albania and the Republic of Macedonia fits well into the recorded distribution. Known from 410m to 704m a.s.l., it is the second species of the subgenus Syriobrachyiulus ; the type species, Megaphyllum bivittatum ( Verhoeff, 1923) lives some distance from imbecillum , in Israel ( Verhoeff 1923). Crişan’s record of Megaphyllum imbecillum ( Latzel, 1884) from Romania ( Crişan 1999) is almost certainly an error, probably referring to Xestoiulus imbecillus ( Latzel, 1884) .

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.