Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus
Creators: name: Pavel Stoev
Publisher: name: Pensoft
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Eupolybothrus
Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus

description: Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel, 1882)
Polybothrus ochraceus Folkmanova, 1936 syn. n.
Jurinich (1904, p. 14, sub Lithobius grossipes); Anonymous (1907, p. 397, sub Lithobius grossipes); Verhoeff (1928, p. 120, sub Polybothrus transsilvanicus sic!); Folkmanova (1936, p. 93, sub Polybothrus ochraceus); Matic & Golemansky (1965, p. 13); Matic & Golemansky (1967b, p. 124); Matic & Golemansky (1967c, p. 17); Matic (1973b, p. 254); Kaczmarek (1973, p. 183, fig. 2, sub Polybothrus transsylvanicus and p. 185, figs. 3-6, sub Polybothrus ochraceus); Dobroruka (1977, p. 6, sub E. transsilvanicus sic!); Ribarov (1985, p. 88); Ribarov (1986a, p. 225, fig. 2); Ribarov (1989a, p. 34); Ribarov (1989b, p. 177); Ribarov (1992, p. 364, figs. 2-3, tab. 2, sub E. transsylvanicus and E. ochraceus); Beron (1994, p. 36); Ribarov (1996, p. 238, tab. 1, sub E. transsylvanicus and E. ochraceus); Stoev (1997b, p. 99, tab. 1, sub E. transsylvanicus and E. ochraceus); Deltshev et al. (1998, p. 146, app. 21, sub E. ochraceus); Deltshev et al. (2000a, p. 535, sub E. ochraceus); Deltshev et al. (2000b, p. 521, sub E. grossipes, E. transsylvanicus and E. ochraceus); Stoev (2001a, p. 104); Stoev (2001b); Stoev (2001c, p. 49); Stoev (in press).
List of the localities: West Stara Planina Mts.: Krachimirskoto vrelo Cave near Krachimir, Petrohan, Lakatnik, Zidanka Cave near Lakatnik Railway Station, Petreski dol near Lakatnik Railway Station (new record), near Razhishkata peshtera Cave near Lakatnik Railway Station (new record), deserted mine gallery near Bov, Vodnata peshtera Cave near Tserovo, Studenata peshtera Cave near Cherepish, Vitinya Pass, near Parshevitsa Hut (new record). Central Stara Planina Mts.: near Botev (= Yumruk chal) Peak (locus typicus of P. ochraceus!), Glozhenski Monastery. West Rhodopi Mts.: Banite, Tsrancha, Sveti Petar Monastery near Patalenitsa, foot of Elenin Peak near Kamenitsa, Metoh, Hvoina, Asenovgrad: Anatima, Asenova krepost, Bachkovski Monastery, Chepelare, Batak, Rakitovo, Velingrad, Dupcheto Cave near Velingrad, Dzhurken, Beglika, Erkyupriya, Smolyan, between Mugla and Smolyan (new record), Rudozem, Trigrad, Trite doupki Cave near Yagodina, Garmen (new record), Marko Nikolov Railway Station (new record). East Rhodopi Mts.: Zandana Cave near Dolno Cherkovishte, Jarasa Ini Cave near Sredna Arda, Mechkina doupka Cave near Beli dol. Vitosha Mts.: Boyana, above Boyana (new record), Dragalevski Monastery, Urvich. Rila Mts.: Rila Monastery, Kostenets, Rila N.P.: Rilets Ridge, Malyovitsa - Mechit Ridge, Rila Monastery Natural Park: foot of Tsarev Peak, along Iliina River, along Radovichka River, Rizvanitsa, Brichebor, near Kalin Dam. Pirin Mts.: Orelyak Wildlife Refuge (new record), near Byala River (new record). Osogovo Mts.: Bogoslov, Kyustendil Distr.: cave in Valchi dol near Gorna Rakovitsa, S of Eleshnitsa River (new record). Belasitsa Mts. Sredna gora Mts.: Turiya. Predbalkan: Patleina near Shoumen. Vlahina Planina Mts.: Boichovata peshtera Cave near Stanke Lisichkovo. Konyavska Planina Mts.: Zemen, Dragomirovtsi. Lozenska Planina Mts.: Pancharevo (new record), Starkelovo gnezdo (new record), Kokalyansko hanche (new record). Besaparski Heights: Ognyanovo. Thracean Plain: Chirpan: Bazata. Toundzha Plain: Yambol. Kresna Gorge: Stara Kresna Railway Station. Sandanski-Petrch Valley: Petrich, Sandanski. Sofia: Loven park, Lozenets, Knyazhevo.
Distribution in the country: West and Central Stara Planina Mts., Rhodopi Mts., Vitosha Mts., Rila Mts., Pirin Mts., Osogovo Mts., Belasitsa Mts., Sredna gora Mts., Predbalkan, Vlahina Planina Mts., Konyavska Planina Mts., Lozenska Planina Mts., Besaparski Heights, Thracean Plain, Toundzha Plain, Kresna Gorge, Sandanski-Petrch Valley, Sofia.
Altitude: 100-1,800 m;?above 2,000 m.
Habitats: (A) Juglans regia, Tilia sp., Clematis vitalba; (B) Carpinus orientalis, Fraxinus excelsior, Fagus sylvatica, Tilia sp.; (C) Juniperus oxycedrus; Carpinus orientalis, Quercus sp.; (D) Pinus silvestris, Picea abies; (E) Carpinus orientalis, Fraxinus ornus, Acer campestre, Paliurus aculeatus, Cotinus coggygria, Cornus sanguinea; (F) Quercus protorubroides, Fagus sylvatica; (G) urban habitats: mine galleries, houses, bunkers, gardens, city park; (H) subalpine habitats; (I) caves.
Chorotype: Carpathian-Balkan.
Remarks. The taxonomical status of Polybothrus ochraceus is discussed in Stoev (2001b).
description: Published as part of Pavel Stoev, 2002, Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel, 1882), pp. 17-18 in A catalogue and key to the centipedes (Chilopoda) of Bulgaria, Sofia :Pensoft on pages 17-18