Bothropolys shanxiensis Takakuwa & Takashima, 1949

Ma, Hui-Qin, Song, Da-Xiang & Zhu, Ming-Sheng, 2008, A review of the Chinese species of Bothropolys Wood, 1862 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae), Zootaxa 1786, pp. 35-47 : 44-45

Bothropolys shanxiensis Takakuwa & Takashima, 1949

Bothropolys Shanxiensis Takakuwa & Takashima, 1949: 59 ; Wang Mauris, 1996: 91; Zapparoli, 2006.

Diagnosis: Body length 15.7–25.7 mm, antennae composed of 20+20 antennomeres; 21–28 ocelli on each side; Tömösváry’s organ almost rounded, moderately smaller than the adjoining ocelli; 6+6–9+9 blunt prosternal teeth, usually 7+7; porodonts feebly slender and long, between the second and third outer teeth; posterior angles of T 4 bluntly triangular, posterior angles of TT 6, 7, 9, 11 and 13 sharply triangular; pretarsus of all legs with claws; moderately long accessory claws on both anterior and posterior side of legs 1–13, no accessory claws on legs 14 and 15; female gonopods with 2+2 coniform spurs and tridentate claws. Male gonopods short and small, as a mastoid protuberance, with 6–9 long setae, distally slightly sclerotised.

Material examined. 11 ΨΨ, 6 ɗɗ, Xiaowutai National Natural Reserve, Yu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, 39°54'N 115°00'E, 20 August 2005, leg. Zhi-sheng Zhang, Zi-zhong Yang, Hui-Qin Ma. 1 Ψ, 3 ɗɗ, Xiaowutai National Natural Reserve, Yu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, 39°54'N 115°00'E, 20 July 2002, leg. Ming-sheng Zhu, Zhi-shun Song.

Distribution: China (Shaanxi, Hebei).

Remarks: Although not collected from type locality, the present specimens with 6+6–9+9 blunt prosternal teeth, usually 7+7; porodonts between the second and third outer teeth; posterior angles of TT 6, 7, 9, 11 and 13 sharply triangular; female gonopods with 2+2 coniform spurs, agree exactly with Takakuwa and Takashima’s brief original description of B. shanxiensis .