Megaphyllum transsylvanicum ( Verhoeff, 1897 )

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 : 26-27

Megaphyllum transsylvanicum ( Verhoeff, 1897)

Brachyiulus transsylvanicus Verhoeff, 1897: 109 –110, Figs IV–V.

Brachyiulus transsilvanicus: Verhoeff 1899b: 763 ; 1937: 109.

Brachyiulus (Chromatoiulus) transsilvanicus: Verhoeff 1899a: 194 ; 1940: 8.

Chromatoiulus transsilvanicus: Attems 1927: 233 –234, Figs 311–312; 1929a: 331; Strasser 1966b: 330, 360, 381; 1976: 608, 643; Ceuca 1992: 425.

Chromatoiulus (Chromatoiulus) transsilvanicus: Attems 1940: 306 ; Strasser 1969: 158.

Chromatoiulus (Chromatoiulus) transsylvanicus: Attems 1959: 305 .

Chromatoiulus transsilvanicus transsilvanicus: Strasser 1971a: 40 .

Chromatoiulus transsilvanicus croaticus: Strasser 1971a: 41 ; Ceuca 1992: 425.

Megaphyllum transsilvanicum: Mršić 1993: 40 ; Kondeva 2000: 91; 2002: 418–420; 2004: 306.

Megaphyllum transsylvanicum: Golovatch & Kondeva 1992: 24 ; Deltshev et al. 2000a: appendix 5, p. 3; Makarov et al. 2004: 261, Stoev 2004a: 151; 2004c: 216; Enghoff 2006: 184; Vagalinski & Stoev 2007: 51; Enghoff & Kime 2009.

Material examined. MNB: ZMB 12978: gonopods, syntype, slide preparation (No. 1235 Coll. Verhoeff), Sarajevo; No. 1232 Coll. Verhoeff: gonopods, slide preparation; ZMB 2508: 13, 1Ƥ, Konstantinopel, leg. Apfelbeck; ZSM: A20033663: gonopods, regarded as Brachyiulus transsilvanicus croaticus type, slide preparation, Plitvica, 89B.; A 20041649, gonopods, slide preparation, Bosporus; HNHM: Bulgaria: 13, Vitosha Mt., Nov. 1984, leg. L. Ronkay & Z. Korsós; 233, 2007/78, Strandzha Mts., stream, gallery, rocks in secondary forest 5km of Malko Târnovo, 280m, N42°01.761’ E27°28.418’, 0 7.04.2007, leg. LD, ZE, ZF, JK & DM; 13, 2ƤƤ, 2007/83, Sinemorets, mouth of the Silistar Stream, coastal rocks, grassland and bush, 0m, N42°01.418’ E28°00.490’, 0 8.04.2007, leg. LD, ZE, ZF, JK & DM; 13, 1Ƥ, 2007/81, Strandzha ( Bosna) Mts., Karamlâk Stream, gallery and rocks above Mladezhko, 210m, N42°09.080’ E27°21.918’, 0 7.04.2007, leg. LD, ZE, ZF, JK & DM; Serbia: 13, 1Ƥ DL182, 2006/3, Đerdap Mts., Dobra, limestone rocks and secondary forest, 105m, N44°34’54.8” E22°01’11.4”, 12.10.2006, leg. LD, JK & DM; 233 DL185, 2006/6, Đerdap Mts., Majdanpek, dry beech forest, 141m, N44°24’59.0” E21°56’16.6”, 13.10.2006, leg. LD, JK & DM; NMNH: Bulgaria: Plovdiv Distr., Dobrostan, Druzhba Pot hole, 26.9.1992, leg. P. Beron, det. P. Stoev 1.7.2002.; Greece: 13, Eastern Rhodopes Mts., Distr. Alexandroupolis, 740m alt., beech litter, 27.09.2000, leg. B. Petrov, P. Stoev & S. Beshkov, det. BV.

Distribution in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo, Miljačkathal, Spring of Bosna, bank of Vrbas, Plivathal, Travnik, Zenica ( Attems 1929a); Bulgaria: Stara Planina Mts.: Lakatnik Railway Station, Peshterata Cave near Beledie Han, Svoge, Ptichata Dupka pot-hole near Troyan, Kotel; Rhodopi Mts.: Peshtera, Bachkovo Monastery, Chepelare, Druzhba pot-hole near Dobrostan; Karlukovo, Lozenska Planina Mt, German, Strandzha Mts.: Kachul Locality near Gramatikovo, Indzhe Voivoda; Bakadzhishki Heights, Voinishki Bakadzhik Hill near Voinika, Danubian Plain; Black Sea Coast: Grivitsa, Zlatni Pyasatsi (Uzun Kum), Aladzha Monastery, Varna, Asparuhovo, Atya, Kiten, Primorsko, Tsarevo (Michurin), near Ropotamo, Sozopol, Galata Cape, Drachevo, Novo Panicharevo, Gabar, Prisad ( Vagalinski & Stoev 2007); Croatia: Plitvice (type locality of croaticus) ( Strasser 1971b); Greece: Thrace, between Alexandroupolis and Esimi, Kallithea Mts., 7km N of Esimi ( Strasser 1976); Republic of Macedonia: Vodno, near Skopje ( Makarov et al. 2004); Romania: Dobrugea ( Täbäcaru 1966); Turkey: Belgrade Forest ( Enghoff 2006).

World distribution. An eastern European species, found also in Hungary ( Loksa 1962), Republic of Moldova ( Jawłowski 1935), Poland ( Jawłowski 1939), Romania ( Täbäcaru et al. 2004), Russia (Golovatch 1992), and Ukraine ( Chornyi & Golovatch 1993), North Serbia (Obedska Bara, v. Obrež ( Makarov et al. 2004)).

Remarks. Following Strasser (1976) these are the first published data of the species from Greece. It occurs from sea level to ca. 1300m, in diverse habitats, ranging from pastures and caves to forests.