Eupolybothrus agamus, R. V. Chamberlin, 1952

R. V. Chamberlin, 1952, On the Chilopoda from Turkey, Istanbul Universitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi 17, pp. 183-258 : 214

Eupolybothrus agamus sp. n.

Dorsum somewhat dilute chestnut, in part of yellowish tinge.

Ocelli 1+4,4,3. Articles of antennae composed of 39 articles.

Prosternal teeth 7+7.

Ventral spines of first legs, 0,0,2,3,2; dorsal 0,0,3,1,1. (Penult legs missing from type.) Anal legs with dorsal spines 1,0,3,1,0, and ventral, 0,1,3,2,2; claws 2. None of the coxae laterally armed.

Genital sternite of the male emarginate at middle, the median excision narrower and deeper than in mesobius . Caudal margin of tergite 15 very obtusely angled at middle, laterally weakly concave. (See Figs. 14 and 15.)

Coxal plates in 4-5 series, mostly 4.

In the anal legs of the male the prefemur with the longitudinal dorsal sulcus weak; that of the femur narrow, proximally deep but not widened into a pit. The pore-free area at distal end of femur short, not more than 1/4 the length of the joint; the fine-pore sieve proximad of the distal dorsal spine well defined, its length about equal to half the diameter of the joint at distal end.

Length, 26 mm.

Locality: Abant (near Bolu in N. Anatolia ), 1300 m., one male taken June 1949 .

Lacking the characteristic median dorsal black stripe of mesobius and the basin-like widening of the dorsal furrow at proximal end of femur in the latter form.