Megaphyllum (Megaphyllum) spathulatum
Creators: name: Vagalinski, Boyan
name: Golovatch, Sergei I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Diplopoda
Julida
Julidae
Megaphyllum
Megaphyllum spathulatum

description: Megaphyllum (Megaphyllum) spathulatum (Lohmander, 1936) Chromatoiulus (Chromatoiulus) spathulatus Lohmander, 1936: 104-109, figs 80-84. Chromatoiulus (Chromatoiulus) spathulatus: Attems 1940: 306. Chromatoiulus spathulus (sic!): Lang 1959: 1791. Megaphyllum spathulatum: Golovatch 1990b: 364; 1992: 381; Lazányi and Vagalinski 2013: 87, fig. 18b-d; Kokhia and Golovatch 2018: 41; 2020: 206. Material examined <b>(SMNG): Russia</b>: RU12-86, 1 &amp;male;, 1 &amp;female;, Republic of Adygea, Kamennomostkiy, northern end of Dakhovskaya Canyon near quarry, limestone cliffs, 44.2844°N, 40.1778°E, 430 m a.s.l., 24.VIII.2012, F. Walther leg.; RU12-051, 3 &amp;male;&amp;male;, 1 juv., Dakhovskaya, limestone cliffs NW of, 44.2439°N, 40.1758°E, 800 m a.s.l., 13.VIII.2012, F. Walther leg.; 33579, 1 &amp;male;, Republic of Adygea, Mount Shibaba, 21.V.2004, K. Voigtländer leg. Diagnosis. Differs from its only congener known from the Caucasus, <i>M.</i> (<i>s. str.</i>) <i>Megaphyllum hercules</i>, mainly by the colour pattern: body with a light yellow to ochre dorsum divided by a black axial line, vs. body uniformly dark with an orange to dark red mid-dorsal line in <i>M. hercules</i>; and by the promere significantly tapering all the way to a narrowly rounded apex, vs. the same having mostly parallel side margins, ending with a flat apex in <i>M. hercules</i>. Previous records from the Caucasus. Western Caucasus (unspecified type locality) (Lohmander 1936). General distribution. WCIS? Remark. This species seems to be a narrow local endemic of the northwestern foothills of the Caucasus Major, showing preferences for limestone terrain.
description: Published as part of <i>Vagalinski, Boyan &amp; Golovatch, Sergei I., 2021, The millipede tribe Brachyiulini in the Caucasus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae), pp. 1-127 in ZooKeys 1058</i> on page 1, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1058.68628
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