Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel, 1882)

Pavel Stoev, 2002, Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel, 1882), A catalogue and key to the centipedes (Chilopoda) of Bulgaria, Sofia: Pensoft, pp. 17-18 : 17-18

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).