Megaphyllum crassum (Attems, 1929)

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 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.214875
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6173896
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scientific name	Megaphyllum crassum (Attems, 1929)
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Megaphyllum crassum (Attems, 1929) View in CoL

Chromatoiulus crassus Attems, 1929a: 331 View in CoL and 354–355, Figs 31–33.

Chromatoiulus crassus: Attems 1927: 222 View in CoL (included in a key before description); Strasser 1971a: 41; 1971b: 345; Mršić 1985: 145; Ceuca 1992: 425.

Chromatoiulus (Phauloiulus) crassus: Attems 1940: 307 View in CoL and 312, Fig. 31.; 1959: 305.

Megaphyllum crassum: Mršić 1993: 40 View in CoL ; Ćurčić & Makarov 1997: 194; Mauriès et al. 1997: 290; Makarov et al. 2004: 260; Ćurčić et al. 2002: 98; Enghoff & Kime 2009.

Material examined. NHMW: Inv. No. 3102: syntype, 13 (gonopod and leg-pair as slide preparation), 1Ƥ, Ljubeten, Oberer Buchenwald, 1906 Juni, leg. Attems, det. Attems.

Distribution in the Balkans. Republic of Macedonia: Šar Planina Mt., Ljuboten ( type locality) ( Makarov et al. 2004); Serbia: Šar Planina Mt., Ljuboten, Kačanik, South Serbia ( Makarov et al. 2004).

World distribution. Endemic to the Šar Planina Mt. Region.

Remarks. Although Attems (1940) suggested the species belongs to the subgenus Phauloiulus Attems, 1940 , reexamination of type material showed a close relationship with species from the subgenus Italoiulus Attems, 1940 , i.e. M. creticum ( Strasser, 1976) and M. margaritatum ( Fanzago, 1875) ; also suggested by Mauriès ( in litt.).