Cyphobrachyiulus

Cyphobrachyiulus
Male gonopods (part of genitals) from Cyphobrachyiulus redikorzevi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Diplopoda
Order:	Julida
Family:	Julidae
Subfamily:	Julinae
Tribe:	Brachyiulini
Genus:	Cyphobrachyiulus Verhoeff, 1900 [1]
Type species
Brachyiulus argolicus Verhoeff, 1900
Species
See text

Cyphobrachyiulus is a genus of millipedes in the family Julidae. It contains around 21 species. Members can be found in southwestern Russia, Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Members of Cyphobrachyiulus have a length of 15–42 mm. They are generally dark and have a black dorsal line. They get lighter approaching the ventral side (the underside) where they may be somewhat beige. ^[2]

Species

The following species, arranged by subgenus, are included in Cyphobrachyiulus. ^{[2] [3]}

Subgenus Cyphobrachyiulus Verhoeff, 1900

• Cyphobrachyiulus argolicus Verhoeff, 1900
• Cyphobrachyiulus digitatus Lazányi & Korsós, 2012
• Cyphobrachyiulus euphorbiarum Verhoeff, 1900
• Cyphobrachyiulus spartanus Vagalinski & Lazányi, 2018

Subgenus Acropoditius Strasser, 1980

• Cyphobrachyiulus kinzelbachi Strasser, 1980
• Cyphobrachyiulus mueggenburgi Verhoeff, 1901

Subgenus Diaxylus Attems, 1940

• Cyphobrachyiulus anatolicus Attems, 1927
• Cyphobrachyiulus asiaeminoris Verhoeff, 1898
• Cyphobrachyiulus graecus Vagalinski & Lazányi, 2018
• Cyphobrachyiulus kosswigi Verhoeff, 1940
• Cyphobrachyiulus litoreus Lignau, 1903
• Cyphobrachyiulus nigrivallis Attems, 1940
• Cyphobrachyiulus tetricus Attems, 1932
• Cyphobrachyiulus ulunus Verhoeff, 1941

Subgenus Grusiniulus Lohmander, 1936

• Cyphobrachyiulus redikorzevi Lohmander, 1936

Subgenus Rhamphidoiulus Attems, 1905

• Cyphobrachyiulus aydosius Verhoeff, 1943
• Cyphobrachyiulus bujukderensis Attems, 1905
• Cyphobrachyiulus claviger Verhoeff, 1943

Unassigned

• Cyphobrachyiulus harpagonifer Strasser, 1980
• Cyphobrachyiulus taygeti Strasser, 1976
• Cyphobrachyiulus uncinatus Golovatch et al., 2004

References

1. Verhoeff, Karl Wilhelm (1900). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss paläarktischer Myriopoden. XII. Aufsatz: Ueber Diplopoden aus Griechenland". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. 13 (2): 172–204 [191].
2. Vagalinski, Boyan; LazáNyi, Eszter (21 May 2018). "Revision of the millipede tribe Brachyiulini Verhoeff, 1909 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae), with descriptions of new taxa". Zootaxa. 4421 (1): 1–142. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4421.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   30313518.
3. Vagalinski, Boyan; Golovatch, Sergei I. (2021). "The millipede tribe Brachyiulini in the Caucasus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae)". ZooKeys (1058): 19–22. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1058....1V. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1058.68628 . PMC   8421324 . PMID   34557053.