Bothropolys richthofeni Verhoeff, 1938

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 : 43

Bothropolys richthofeni Verhoeff, 1938

Verhoeff, 1938a: 101; Takakuwa, 1939: 103; 1940: 36; Wang & Mauris, 1996: 91; Zapparoli, 2006.

Diagnosis: Body length 20.7–27.1 mm, antennae composed of 18+18–20+20 antennomeres; 25–29 ocelli on each side; Tömösváry’s organ rounded, smaller than the adjoining ocelli; 9+9–9+10 blunt prosternal teeth, usually 9+9; porodonts feebly thick and long, between the third and fourth outer teeth; posterior angles of T 4 without triangular projections, posterior angles of TT 6, 7, 9, 11 and 13 sharply triangular; pretarsus of all legs with claws; moderately long anterior and posterior accessory claws, and a row setae on the ventral side of legs 1–13, no accessory claws and a row setae on legs 14 and 15; female gonopods with 2+2 bullet-shape spurs and tridentate claws; male gonopods short and small, only a mastoid protuberance, with 6–9 long setae, distally slightly sclerotised.

Material examined. 5 ΨΨ, 6 ɗɗ, Xiaowutai National Natural Reserve, Yu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, 39°54'N 115°00'E, 14 July 2002, leg. Ming-sheng Zhu, Zhi-shun Song. 22 ΨΨ, 21 ɗɗ, Xiaowutai National Natural Reserve, Yu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, 39°54'N 115°00'E, 20 August 2005, leg. Zi-zhong Yang, Zhi-sheng Zhang, Hui-Qin Ma.

Distribution: China ( Taiwan, Hebei), Japan and Korea.

Remarks: The original description of B. richthofeni based on the specimens collected from Korea ( Verhoeff, 1938a), Takakuwa (1940) cited it from Taiwan and described it with more detail. Present specimens’ diagnosis agree exactly with their description of this species.