Eupolybothrus gamus, R. V. Chamberlin, 1952

R. V. Chamberlin, 1952, On the Chilopoda from Turkey, Istanbul Universitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi 17, pp. 183-258 : 217

Eupolybothrus gamus sp. n.

Dorsum yellowish brown; a median, longitudinal stripe along dorsum, this stripe in part interrupted, being solid in posterior region but anteriorly tending to split into three narrower stripes or lines.

Articles of antennae 40-42. Ocelli in four series, e.g., 1-3,5,4,1; the single ocellus very large.

Prosternal teeth 7+7.

Ventral spines of leg 1,0,0,2,3,2; dorsal, 0,0,3,1,1. Penult legs with ventral spix es 0,1,3,3,2, the dorsal 1,0,3,2,2, and claw double. Anal legs with ventral spines 0,1,3,1,1, the dorsal 1,0,3,1,0 and claws 2. Coxae of legs XV laterally armed in both male and female.

Posterior margin of genital sternite of the male with caudal margin straight or but weakly incurved over middle portion. (cf. Fig. 20.) Caudal margin of fifteenth tergite evenly and but moderately convex. (cf. Fig. 19.)

Claw of female gonopods entire; basal spines 3+3.

In the male the prefemur of the anal legs has a dorsal, median longitudinal sulcus over distal half of length. On the femur the dorsal longitudinal sulcus is rather shallow; distinct from other species in having the principal pore area confined to proximal half or less of the length of the joint; presenting no fine-sieve area or definite area of short setae caudad of the distal dorsal spine; a small patch of short setae at anterior end just opposite the inner dorsal spine of the prefemur.

Length, 24 mm.

Locality: Abant (near Bolu , N. Anatolia ), 1300 m., a male and female taken June 8, 1949 .

Most easily separated from coxodentatus Verh. in having the basal spines of the female gonopods 3+3 instead of 2+2.