Bothropolys crassidentatus 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 : 36-37

Bothropolys crassidentatus Takakuwa & Takashima, 1949

Takakuwa & Takashima, 1949: 59; Wang & Mauriès, 1996: 91; Zapparoli, 2006.

Diagnosis: Body length 10.5–20.0 mm, antennae composed of 20+20 antennomeres; 15–20 ocelli arranged in 4 rows on each side; Tömösváry’s organ rounded, moderately small, about equal to the adjoining ocelli; 7+7– 7+8 blunt prosternal teeth, usually 7+7; porodonts thick and strong, posterolateral to lateral tooth; posterior angles of TT 6 and 7 feebly triangular, posterior angles of TT 9, 11, 13 sharply triangular; pretarsus of all legs with claws; moderately long accessory claws on legs 1–13, no accessory claws on legs 14 and 15; coxal pores round or ovate, 11–34 irregularly arranged coxal pores; female gonopods with 2+2 bullet-shaped spurs and tridentate claws; male gonopods short and thick, only a half-ball protuberance, with 4–5 long setae, distally slightly sclerotised.

Material examined. 1 Ψ, Suifenhe City, Heilongjiang Province, 44°24'N 131°12'E, 15 July 2003, leg. Feng Zhang. 1 ɗ, Qingliangdian Town, Wuyi County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province, 37°36'N 115°48'E, 5 May 2005, leg. Hui-Qin Ma. 1 Ψ, Kongdong Island, Yantai City, Shandong Province, 37°30'N 121°30'E, 6 July 2005, leg. Hui-Qin Ma.

Distribution: China (Heilongjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi).

Remarks: Takakuwa and Takashima’s original description of this species based on a single female specimen from Shaanxi Province, though brief, is easily recognizable. Their record remains the only north Chinese record.