Megaphyllum rossicum strandschanum ( Verhoeff, 1937 )

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 : 23

Megaphyllum rossicum strandschanum ( Verhoeff, 1937)

Brachyiulus (Byzantorhopalum) strandschanus Verhoeff, 1937: 109 .

Brachyiulus strandschanus: Lang 1958: 35 .

Chromatoiulus (Donbrachyiulus) strandschanus: Attems 1940: 307 .

Chromatoiulus strandschanus: Strasser 1966b: 330 , 382.

C hromatoiulus (Donbrachyiulus) rossicus strandschanus : Strasser 1969: 159–161, Figs 29–31. Chromatoiulus rossicus strandschanus: Strasser 1973: 444 , 465; 1976: 617; Ceuca 1992: 425. Megaphyllum rossicum strandschanum: Stoev 2004c: 216 ; Vagalinski & Stoev 2007: 51. Megaphyllum rossicum: Enghoff & Kime 2009 .

Material examined. NMNH: Greece: 13, 1Ƥ, Samothraki Island, v. Paleopolis, 0–100m, 21.V.1984, leg. P. Beron, det. J.–P. Mauriès “480”.

Distribution in the Balkans. Bulgaria: Kardzhali, Strandzha Mts. (unspecified type locality), Tsarevo (Michurin), Southeast Bulgaria ( Vagalinski & Stoev 2007); Greece: Thrace: 20km W from Alexandroupolis ( Strasser 1976).

World distribution. This subspecies can be found only in Bulgaria and Greece, while the nominotypical subspecies lives in Ukraine ( Golovatch 1990) and Russia with the river Dnieper as a supposed western borderline ( Prisnyi 2001).

Remarks. It occurs from sea level to ca. 300m a.s.l. First Megaphyllum (and millipede) record on Samothraki Island, fitting well with the “Thracian” distribution.