Megaphyllum austriacum (Latzel, 1884)

Kime, Richard Desmond & Enghoff, Henrik, 2017, Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda), European Journal of Taxonomy 346, pp. 1-299 : 118

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.346
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3867122
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scientific name	Megaphyllum austriacum (Latzel, 1884)
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366. Megaphyllum austriacum (Latzel, 1884)

Iulus austriacus Latzel, 1884.

Brachyiulus austriacus auct.

Chromatoiulus austriacus auct.

Brachyiulus dahli Verhoeff, 1901.

Chromatoiulus austriacus dahli auct.

Chromatoiulus dahli auct.

Distribution

BA, HR, IT-ITA, MK, MN, SI, SB. Balkan from Venezia to Macedonia.

Habitat

Woodland and bushy areas. Reported from woods with Ruscus in Croatia ( Verhoeff, 1929).

Remarks

Lazányi et al. (2012) discussed the status of the taxon dahli and concluded that it is at most a subspecies of austriacum.

Lazanyi E., Vagalinski B. & Korsos Z. 2012. The millipede genus Megaphyllum Verhoeff, 1894 in the Balkan Peninsula, with description of new species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae). Zootaxa 3228: 1 - 47.

Verhoeff K. W. 1929. Zur Systematik, vergleichenden Morphologie und Geographie europaischer Diplopoden, zugleich ein zoogeographischer Beitrag. 111. Diplopoden-Aufsatz. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik 57: 555 - 659.