ChiloBase 2.0

Recommended citation:
Bonato L., Chagas Junior A.,
Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue
of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
Available at https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.

The valid name for Polybothrus Latzel, 1880 is Bothropolys Wood, 1862

Polybothrus Latzel, 1880

Original description: Latzel R. (1880). Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie - Hölder, Wien, 1: XV+228 pp., see p. 35.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Bothropolys nobilis Wood,1862 - by direct substitution

Fixed by: Crabill R.E. jr. (1955). Concerning the genotypes of Bothropolys, Polybothrus and Eupolybothrus (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) - Entomological News , 66: 107-110, see p. .

Synonymy: Crabill R.E. jr. (1955). Concerning the genotypes of Bothropolys, Polybothrus and Eupolybothrus (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) - Entomological News, 66: 107-110, see p. 110.