Bothropolys spinosior Chamberlin, 1920



The valid name for Bothropolys spinosior Chamberlin, 1920 is Bothropolys rugosus (Meinert, 1872)

Bothropolys spinosior Chamberlin, 1920

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1920). The Myriopoda of the Australian region - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, 64: 1-269, see p. 78.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Bothropolys Wood, 1862

Type locality: Japan: Mangaesi, Ichigome am Fusijama

Synonymy: Eason E.H. (1974). The type specimens and identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius by F. Meinert and now preserved in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen University (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London , 55: 1-52, see p. 4, 20.

Notes: Chamberlin (1920 - Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll., 64: 78) gave this name for the specimens of Lithobius asperatus published by Attems (1909 - Arkiv. Zool., 5: 22.) from Japan