Redescription of the subgenus Parancistrum Verhoeff, 1943, an eastern Mediterranean lineage of the millipede genus Megaphyllum Verhoeff, 1894 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae: Brachyiulini)

BOYAN VAGALINSKI; ESZTER LAZÁNYI; SERGEI GOLOVATCH

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.1

Issue: Vol. 3734 No. 5: 8 Nov. 2013

Type: Article

Published: 2013-11-08

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.5.1

Page range: 501–520

Abstract views: 66

PDF downloaded: 3

**Redescription of the subgenus Parancistrum Verhoeff, 1943, an eastern Mediterranean lineage of the millipede genus Megaphyllum Verhoeff, 1894 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae: Brachyiulini)**

BOYAN VAGALINSKI⁺⁻
ESZTER LAZÁNYI⁺⁻
SERGEI GOLOVATCH⁺⁻

Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Yurii Gagarin Street, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Baross u. 13, H-1088, Hungary.

Institute for Problems of Ecology & Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect 33, Moscow 117051, Russia

millipede Brachyiulus new species new synonymies neotype distribution

Requires Subscription or Fee PDF (13MB)

Abstract

The subgenus Parancistrum Verhoeff, 1943 is redefined on the basis of the examination of type and non-type material. The subgenus is currently settled to comprise 6 species, of which Megaphyllum arcuatum sp. n. is described as new, while M. adanense (Verhoeff, 1943) syn. n. and M. palaestinum (Jawłowski, 1931) syn. n. are established as junior subjective synonyms of M. curvifolii (Verhoeff, 1898) and M. genezarethanum (Verhoeff, 1923) comb. nov., respectively. A neotype is designed for Chromatoiulus tenenbaumi Jawłowski, 1931 under ICZN Article 75.1. The distribution pattern of the studied group is discussed, and some preliminary phylogenetic ideas about Megaphyllum and the tribe Brachyiulini are presented.