Megaphyllum projectum subsp. kochi Verhoeff 1907
Creators: name: Lazányi, Eszter
name: Vagalinski, Boyan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Julida
Julidae
Megaphyllum
Megaphyllum projectum
Megaphyllum projectum kochi (verhoeff, 1907)

description: Megaphyllum projectum kochi (Verhoeff, 1907)
Figs 4e–i
Brachyiulus projectus kochi Verhoeff, 1907: 302, Figs 3–4, 9.
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. projectum by having more slender promeres (P) (see Fig. 4e in 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 (ap and 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 Netherlands it shows the westernmost occurrence of the genus in continental Europe.
description: Published as part of Lazányi, Eszter & Vagalinski, Boyan, 2013, Redefinition of the millipede subgenus Megaphyllum sensu stricto Verhoeff, 1894 and neotype designation for Megaphyllum austriacum (Latzel, 1884) (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), pp. 55-100 in Zootaxa 3741 (1) on pages 62-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3741.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/223773