ARPHA Preprints, doi: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e157236
First description of a male Melaphe apamea Hoffman & Lohmander, 1968 from Turkey (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)
expand article infoZoltán Korsós‡§, Sergei Golovatch|
‡ University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Budapest, Hungary§ Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary| Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Corresponding author: Zoltán Korsós ( zkorsos@gmail.com )

© Zoltán Korsós, Sergei Golovatch.
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Citation: Korsós Z, Golovatch S (2025) First description of a male Melaphe apamea Hoffman & Lohmander, 1968 from Turkey (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae). ARPHA Preprints. https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e157236
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Abstract

The first male of Melaphe apamea Hoffman & Lohmander, 1968 is described and illustrated based on a single specimen collected by a Hungarian expedition to Turkey in 1980.

The specimen is kept in the Myriapoda Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre), Budapest.

Keywords
Millipede, male specimen, Turkey