Megaphyllum crassum Attems 1929

Megaphyllum crassum (Attems, 1929) Chromatoiulus crassus Attems, 1929 a: 331 and 354–355, Figs 31–33. Chromatoiulus crassus: Attems 1927: 222 (included in a key before description); Strasser 1971 a: 41; 1971 b: 345; Mršić 1985: 145; Ceuca 1992: 425. Chromatoiulus (Phauloiulus) crassus: Attems 1940: 307 and 312, Fig. 31.; 1959: 305. Megaphyllum crassum: Mršić 1993: 40; Ćurčić & Makarov 1997: 194; Mauriès et al. 1997: 290; Makarov et al. 2004: 260; Ćurčić et al. 2002: 98; Enghoff & Kime 2009. Material examined. NHMW: Inv. No. 3102: syntype, 13 (gonopod and leg-pair as slide preparation), 1 Ƥ, Ljubeten, Oberer Buchenwald, 1906 Juni, leg. Attems, det. Attems. Distribution in the Balkans. Republic of Macedonia: Šar Planina Mt., Ljuboten (type locality) (Makarov et al. 2004); Serbia: Šar Planina Mt., Ljuboten, Kačanik, South Serbia (Makarov et al. 2004). World distribution. Endemic to the Šar Planina Mt. Region. Remarks. Although Attems (1940) suggested the species belongs to the subgenus Phauloiulus Attems, 1940, reexamination of type material showed a close relationship with species from the subgenus Italoiulus Attems, 1940, i.e. M. creticum (Strasser, 1976) and M. margaritatum (Fanzago, 1875); also suggested by Mauriès (in litt.).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 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21487