Acanthopetalum carinatum (Brandt, 1840)

Stoev, Pavel, Sierwald, Petra & Billey, Amber, 2008, An annotated world catalogue of the millipede order Callipodida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) *, Zootaxa 1706, pp. 1-50 : 22-23

Acanthopetalum carinatum (Brandt, 1840)

Lysiopetalum carinatum Brandt, 1840 , Rec. Mém. relat. ord. Ins. Myriapodes: 42. Type (ZIN?) from Dalmatia, Croatia. Gervais, 1847, Hist. Nat. Ins. Apt., 4: 131. Latzel, 1884, Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 2: 228. Gasperini, 1892, Prilog k dalmatinskoj fauni, 8. Karlinski, 1894, Sep. Wiss. Mitt. Bosnien Hercegovina, 2: 691. Verhoeff, 1897, Arch. Naturgesch., 63 (1): 153. Verhoeff, 1899, Wiss. Mitt. Bosnien Hercegovina, 6: 761. Verhoeff, 1909, Wiss. Mitt. Bosnien Hercegovina, 11: 717. Verhoeff, 1923, Arch. Naturgesch., 89A (4): 145–146, figs 17, M, N. Attems, 1926, Handb. Zool., 4 (1): 178, fig. 217. Attems, 1929, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 56: 322. Verhoeff, 1929, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 57: 635. Kovaċeviċ, 1931, Acta Soc. Ent. Jugosl., 5–6 (1–2): 71. Verhoeff, 1932, Bronn’s Kl. Ord. Tier-Reichs, 5: 1505, fig. 904. Manfredi, 1945, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 84: 26. Lang, 1964, Vest. Českosl. Spol. Zool., 28 (3): 238. Georgieva, 1969, Ann. Fac. Sci. Univ. Skopje, 21: 189. Stagl, 2006, Norw. J. Ent., 53: 233.

Lysiopetalum (Lysiopetalum) thessalorum Verhoeff, 1901 , Arch. Naturgesch., 67 (1): 259, fig. 11, see also p. 248. ST: 2 MM (ZMB) from Plioca near Vlorë (Valona) and Paschaliman, Albania. Synonymy proposed by Mauriès et al. (1997). Verhoeff, 1923, Arch. Naturgesch., 89A (4): 146. Attems, 1929, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 56: 322. Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 50 (2): 349.

Lysiopetalum comma Verhoeff, 1900 , Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 13: 58, Taf. 9, figs 30–33, see also p. 190. ST: M, F, juv.* (NHMW), slides of gonopods and leg-pairs (ZMB) from Corfu, Greece. Synonymy proposed by Mauriès et al. (1997). Verhoeff, 1900, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 13: 190. Verhoeff, 1923, Arch. Naturgesch., 89A (4): 145. Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 50 (2): 333.

Lysiopetalum macedonicum Verhoeff, 1923 , Arch. Naturgesch., 89A (4): 146, figs K & L. ST: M, F, juv. (possibly ZSM, type status of specimen uncertain), 1 F (ZMB) from “Topolka-Schlucht” near Veles and from Vodno near Üsküb (now Skopje), Republic of Macedonia. Synonymy proposed by Mauriès et al. (1997). Attems, 1929, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 56: 322. Lang, 1964, Vest. Českosl. Spol. Zool., 28 (3): 238, 239. Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus.

Berlin, 50 (2): 341.

Lysiopetalum albanicum Verhoeff, 1932 , Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 62: 480, figs 4–6. ST: M* (NHMW), F (ZMB) from Korab Mts, Jablanica Mts and probably also Shar Planina Mts (mountain ranges stretching in Albania, Serbia (Kossovo) and Republic of Macedonia (see Stagl & Stoev, 2005 for the origin of the Vienna types). Synonymy proposed by Mauriès et al. (1997). Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 50 (2): 324.

Lysiopetalum comma janinense Verhoeff, 1932 , Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 62: 481, figs 10–11. Female ST (ZMB) from “Janina, Recko ”. Synonymy proposed by Mauriès et al. (1997). Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 50 (2): 338.

Lysiopetalum thessalorum lychnitis Verhoeff, 1932 , Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 62: 482, figs 7–9. Male HT (identified specimens in ZSM, type repository unknown) from Ohrid, Macedonia. Synonymy proposed by Mauriès et al. (1997).

Acanthopetalum albanicum: Strasser, 1971 , Catal. Faunae Jugosl. Diplopoda: 30. Mršic, 1993, Razpr. IV. Razr. SAZU, 34 (2): 24.

Acanthopetalum macedonicum: Strasser, 1971 , Catal. Faunae Jugosl. Diplopoda: 30. Mršic, 1993, Razpr. IV. Razr. SAZU, 34 (2): 24.

Acanthopetalum thessalorum: Strasser, 1971 , Catal. Faunae Jugosl. Diplopoda: 30. Mršic, 1993, Razpr. IV. Razr. SAZU, 34 (2): 24.

Acanthopetalum thessalorum lychnitis: Strasser, 1971 , Catal. Faunae Jugosl. Diplopoda: 30. Mršic, 1993, Razpr. IV. Razr. SAZU, 34 (2): 24.

Acanthopetalum comma: Strasser, 1974 , Rev. Suisse Zool., 81 (1): 255, fig. 43. Strasser, 1976, Rev. Suisse Zool., 83 (3): 600, 637.

Acanthopetalum carinatum: Strasser, 1971 , Catal. Faunae Jugosl. Diplopoda: 30. Mršic, 1993, Razpr. IV. Razr. SAZU, 34 (2): 24. Mršiċ, 1994, Razpr. IV. Razr. SAZU, 35 (12): 236. Mauriès et al., 1997, Zoosystema, 19 (2–3): 262, 289, fig. 3 F–J. Makarov et al., 2004, Inst. Zool. Monogr., 9: 242. Stagl & Stoev, 2005, Katal. Wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 19 (2): 6, 9, 21.

Range: Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia (incl. Brach Island), Slovenia,

Greece (incl. Corfu Island), Serbia.

Remark: Makarov et al. (2004) reviewed all species’ records in Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro. Lang (1964)

reported Lysiopetalum macedonicum from the Catholico Cave on Crete, but taking into account the general poor quality

of his works this find could be due to missidentification.