Melaphe

Vagalinski, Boyan, Golovatch, Sergei, Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Enghoff, Henrik & Stoev, Pavel, 2014, Millipedes of Cyprus (Myriapoda: Diplopoda), Zootaxa 3835 (4), pp. 528-548 : 543

Melaphe sp. indet.

Material examined. NHMC: 1 fragment, FC0017 Limassol, Kourion, archaeological site, 130 m, hand collection, 25.02.2011, SF leg., SG det.—1 ♀, FC0072: Nicosia, Leivadi site, Cedar Valley, stream with Platanus , cedars & Quercus, 1060 m , hand collection, 0 4.04.2011, SS leg., SG det.—1 ♀, FC0064 Nicosia, Apliki to Farmakas, N of Palaichori Water Reservoir, terraces with maquis vegetation, 800 m, hand collection, 31.03.2012, SS leg., SG det.—1 ♀, FC0048, Pafos [Paphos], Pegeia 3 km W on road to Kathikas, Pinus forest, 370 m, hand collection, 0 4.03.2012, SS & EG leg., SG det.; NHMG: 2 ♀, 15 km NW of Spitali, a deep ravine with a brook between limestone hills on ravine floor, rich vegetation of Nerium , Liquidambar , grass and herbs, scattered boulders, loc. 69a, 25.IV.1974, HWW leg., BV det.—1 ♀, 2.5 km N of Prastio, Cistus maquis on a gentle stony-gravelly limestone slope facing to W, interspersed with Pistacia , thorny bushes, Poterium spinosum , only locally sparse grass-herb vegetation, loc. 75, 1.V.1981, HWW leg., BV det.—1 ♀, 2 km S Chakistra, steep talus of stones and soil facing to N with Quercus alnifolia and various trees and bushes; partly overgrown with mosses, deep litter, 1050 m a.s.l., 7.V.1981, loc. 113, HWW leg., BV det.; NHMW: 1 ♀: TH 197, CY 95-7: Akamas, Fontana Amorosa, 16.II.1995, BT & KT leg., BV det.

Remarks. These samples most likely belong to either of the above two species, but in the absence of adult males their identity appears impossible to establish.