Bothropolys rugosus

Bothropolys rugosus
	Specimen in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Lithobiomorpha
Family:	Lithobiidae
Genus:	Bothropolys
Species:	B. rugosus
Binomial name
	Bothropolys rugosus; (Meinert, 1872)
Synonyms
	Lithobius asperatusL.Koch,1878 ; Bothropolys migransChamberlin, 1930 ; Lithobius shimensisPocock,1895 ; Bothropolys spinosiorChamberlin, 1920 ; Lithobius thetidisKarsh, 1880;

Last updated April 13, 2025

Bothropolys rugosus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was described in 1872 by Danish arachnologist Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

The species occurs in Asia. The type locality is Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, where it is introduced.^[2]

References

1 2 Meinert, F (1872). "Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bidrag til Myriapoderns Morphologi og Systematik. II. Lithobiini". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. (3) 8: 281–344 [306].
1 2 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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[meinert1872-1] 1 2 Meinert, F (1872). "Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bidrag til Myriapoderns Morphologi og Systematik. II. Lithobiini". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. (3) 8: 281–344 [306].

[chilobase-2] 1 2 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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