Redefinition of the millipede subgenus Megaphyllum sensu stricto Verhoeff, 1894 and neotype designation for Megaphyllum austriacum (Latzel, 1884) (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae)
Lazányi, Eszter
Vagalinski, Boyan
Zootaxa
2013
3741
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55
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8KR5F
Verhoeff, 1907
Verhoeff
1907
[151,730,1573,1599]
Diplopoda
Julidae
Megaphyllum
Animalia
Julida
7
62
Arthropoda
subSpecies
projectum
kochi
Brachyiulus projectus kochi: Verhoeff 1934: 70. Chromatoiulus projectus kochi: Schubart 1934a: 278–279, Figs 433–436. Chromatoiulus (Chromatoiulus) projectus kochi: Stojałowska & Starega 1974: 40–41, 52. Chromatoiulus projectus genuinus: Jawłowski 1935: 251. Chromatoiulus projectus: Jeekel 1953: 11, 21, Fig. 29; 1978: 6. Megaphyllum (Chromatoiulus) projectum kochi: Gulička 1985a: 117, 120. Megaphyllum projectum kochi: Lazányi & Korsós 2011: 50–52, Figs 14–15, 17a–b. Megaphyllum projectum: Ožanová 2000: 321–323, 325.
Distribution. Belarus: Byelovezhskaya puzcha [Byelovezhskaya Pushcha] (Rubkova 1967; Tarasevich 1992); Czech Republic: Čechy: Chuchle, Klecany; Morava: Praděd, Jeseníky, Voznice, Opavice Valley, Bělé Valley (Lang 1954); Hůrka u Hranic National Park (Ožanová 2000); Hrubý Jeseník Mts, Velká Kotlina Cirque (Tajovský 1997); Labské pískovce Protected Landscape Area (Tajovský 1998b); Podyji National Park (Tajovský 1998a); Kokořínsko (Tajovský 2006); Litovelské Pomoraví (Tuf & Ožanová 1998); Germany: Oberlausitz (Dunger 1966); Rugendorf: Zettlitz; Presseck: Wartenfels, Heinersreith; Steinwiesen: Leitschtal, Leitsch-Seitental (Reip & Lindner 2007); Bamberg (Lindner & Reip 2005); Neiße valley (Voigtländer & Dunger 1992); Lithuania: West Lithuania(Atlavinyté & Lokšina 1971); The Netherlands: Denekamp, Volthe; Bredenbroek (Jeekel 1953); Poland: Pienin (Bielak–Oleksy 1967); Sudety, Przedgórze Sudeckie: Sobótka, Nyda, Książ, Miszkowice, rez. Muszkowicki Las Bukowy (Bielak–Oleksy & Jaśkiewicz 1977); Kazimierz Dolny (Dziadosz 1964); Tatry Zachodnie: Dolina Kościeliska (Jawłowski 1938); Bieszczadów (Jedryczkowski 1979); Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Lokšina 1964); Zemborzyce, Tuszów, Guszczyzna; Adampol, Świdnik, Józefów, Jawidz, Niemce; Kębło–wąwozy; Zwierzymiec (Stojałowska 1950); Lublin region: Pojeziere łęczyńsko-Włodawskie, Małe Mazowsze, Pagóry Chełmskie, Wyżyna Lubelska, Roztocze (Stojałowska & Bielak–Oleksy 1970); Lake Mamry (Wytwer & Zalewski 2005); Slovakia: (Mock 2001); Smolenice, Bukova (Lazányi & Korsós 2011); Ukraine: Podole: “Kręciłów” by the Zbruch river [today: Ktintsilov in Khmelnitsk Region] (Jawłowski 1936); Zakarpattia Region, Kiev Region, Cherkasy Region: Kaniv, Ternopol Region, Volyn Region, “Kovenskoj” (Chornyi & Golovatch 1993).
Diagnosis.Differs from the most similar subspecies M. p. projectumby having more slender promeres ( P) (see Fig. 4ein comparison with Fig. 4j) and by the smaller apical serrated lobe ( sl) of the promere—discernible from posterior view only ( Fig. 4e). Both processes of the opisthomere ( apand pp) well-developed; the solenomere’s posterior process ( psp) mostly—at least slightly, depending on individual variation—longer than the anterior process ( psp) ( Figs 4e–f). Body length and height: males: 26.8–44mm, 2–3.4mm; females: 34.4–48.2mm, 3.2–4.3mm.
Remarks.Widespread subspecies of M. projectum, distributed in the northern part of the species’ distribution area, with a southern border formed by the Carpathians and the Alps; its status has been recently clarified by Lazányi & Korsós (2011); in the Netherlandsit shows the westernmost occurrence of the genus in continental Europe.