Megaphyllum leucadium Attems 1929

Megaphyllum leucadium (Attems, 1929) Chromatoiulus leucadius Attems, 1929 b: 465 –467, Figs 1–5. Chromatoiulus (Phauloiulus) leucasius: Attems 1940: 307. Chromatoiulus leucadius: Strasser 1974: 269, 272 and 290, 292, Fig. 66; Ceuca 1992: 425. Megaphyllum leucadium: Enghoff & Kime 2009. Material examined. NHMW: Greece: Inv. No. 3111, gonopods, type, slide preparation; gonopods, slide preparation, Levkas (Frini, Enkluvi), Beier 1932; Inv. No. 8020, 533, 6 ƤƤ, Levkas, leg. M. Beier, 30.5. 1932. Distribution in the Balkans. Greece: “Leucas” (today: Lefkada): Frini (type locality), Kaligoni and under Frini by the seacoast (Strasser 1974). World distribution. Endemic to the island of Lefkada, Greece. Remarks. This is the only hitherto known Megaphyllum species on the island; resembling M. cepahlonicum from the neighbouring Cephalonia Island, and M. recticauda from Corfu Island, Greece.Published as part of 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), pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 3228 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21487