Polybothrus gloriastygis (Absolan, 1916)

P. Stoev, 1997, A check-list of the centipedes of the Balkan peninsula with some taxonomic notes and a complete bibliography (Chilopoda), Entomologica Scandinavica 51, pp. 87-105 : 90-91

Polybothrus gloriastygis (Absolan, 1916)

According to Folkrnanova (1940:47) Polybothrus gloryastygis (= Eupolybothrus gloriaslygis ) WAS named and pictured by Absolon (1916). Later (1940), Folkmanova made quite a good redescription of this peculiar eupolybotrid, based on the original material. In the same period, Hoffer (1935) described from Golograznica cave near Rishan (ex-Yugoslavia) another member of Ethopolyinae , which he named Bothropolys magnificus (= Eupolybothrus magnificus ). The latter is closely related to the Absolon’s species which is why Matic & Darabantu (1968), having studied a material collected in some Yugoslav caves, synonymised Eupolybothrus gloriastygis with Eupolybothrus magnificus , incorrectly giving priority to Eupolybothrus magnificus . According to International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, priority should be given to the older name E. gloriastygis (reported and described in 1916), while E. magnificus becomes its junior synonym. Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) magnificus (Hoffer, 1935) is thus a junior synonym of Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) gloriastygis (Absolon, 1916) , n. ressur.

Up to now, Eupolybothrus gloriastygis is known from a few caves in Herzegovina and Montenegro only.