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Issue: Vol. 1447 No. 1: 12 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1447.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 19

First description of the male of the millipede Eurygyrus euboeus (Verhoeff, 1901) (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae)

National Museum of Natural History, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. 1, 1000 Sofia - Bulgaria
Diplopoda taxonomy identification key Eurygyrus xanthinus group Euboea Greece

Abstract

The external morphology and the shape of gonopods of the male of Eurygyrus euboeus (Verhoeff, 1901), a species hitherto known only from a single female specimen collected more than 100 years ago on the Greek island of Euboea, is documented for the first time. The structure of gonopods indicates that the species belongs to the E. xanthinus group, and is closely related to the Anatolian species E. ochraceus C.L. Koch, 1847. The new find extends the species’ range ca. 60 km in a northwestern direction.

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