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Bothropolys rugosus

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Bothropolys rugosus
Specimen in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification Edit this 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)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithobius asperatus L.Koch,1878
  • Bothropolys migrans Chamberlin, 1930
  • Lithobius shimensis Pocock,1895
  • Bothropolys spinosior Chamberlin, 1920
  • Lithobius thetidis Karsh, 1880

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

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

References

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