Melaphina Brolemann 1916

Shelley, Rowland M. & Smith, Jamie M., 2018, Expanded concept and revised taxonomy of the milliped family Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Xystodesmoidea): incorporations of Euryuridae Pocock, 1909 and Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 1951, taxon revivals / proposals / transferrals, and a distributional update, Insecta Mundi 660, pp. 1-41 : 13

Subtribe Melaphina Brolemann 1916 , New Status

Diagnosis. Euryurini /-inae with apically narrow, subtriangular epiprocts.

Components. Melaphe Cook , Ochridaphe Hoffman ( Hoffman 1962a, 1978a, 1980; Hoffman and Lohmander 1968).

Distribution. Same as those of Euryurinae / Euryurini in the Mediterranean Region ( Fig. 21 ).

Figures

Figure 21. Distribution of the polydesmidan suborder Leptodesmidea in the Mediterranean Region of Europe, Africa, and Middle Eastern Asia. Black lines and dots, West-Palearctic Region of Xystodesmidae. Red line, area of Spain/Iberian Peninsula occupied by Macellolophus excavatus (Chelodesmidae). Red stars, localities in the same of Cantabrodesmus lorioli (Chelodesmidae). Green triangles, denoted by green arrow in eastern Mediterranean Sea, localities of Libanaphe spp. (Oxydesmidae) in Lebanon and Israel.