Epanerchodus polymorphus Mikhaljova & Golovatch, 1981

M, E L E N A V., Va, I K H A L J O & Lim, Kil-Young, 2006, The millipede genus Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 in the Korean Peninsula, with a description of a new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae), Zootaxa 1350, pp. 45-53 : 47-48

Epanerchodus polymorphus Mikhaljova & Golovatch, 1981

Epanerchodus polymorphus Mikhaljova & Golovatch, 1981: 1183 –1189, 1184: fig. 1, 1187: fig. 2, 1188: fig. 3.

Epanerchodus polymorphus — Mikhaljova, 1983: 85, 86–87, 90; 1988: 70–71; 1993: 30–31; 1997: 145–146; 1998b: 10, 43–44, 44: figs 149–152, 45: map 10; 2002: 150; 2004: 40, 212–215, 213: figs 528–536, 214: map 27; Mikhaljova & Petukhova, 1983: 53, 59; Mikhaljova & Bakurov, 1989: 40, 42, 45–46; Ganin, 1997: 121, 124, 126, 128; Mikhaljova et al., 2000: 118; Mikhaljova & Korsós, 2003: 234; Mikhaljova & Marusik, 2004: 10.

Remarks. Originally described from Primorskiy kray, Russian Far East ( Mikhaljova & Golovatch, 1981), this species appears to be quite widespread and common there. It has also been recorded in different territories of North Korea (Mikhaljova et al., 2000). This is a litter-dwelling species, also registered in caves (Mikhaljova, 1993, 1997). The species displays dimorphism, i.e. two distinct male morphs (digitata and simplificata) and a continuous variation range in females, all coexisting.

Distribution. Russia: Far East (Primorskiy kray), North Korea.