Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus (Latzel,1882)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Eupolybothrus

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Balkans

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Koufovounou, Beron et al. 2004, Stoev 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Didymoteicho / Closest settlement: Koufovouno
• Spilaio Agias Elenis, Zapparoli 2002
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Kavala / Closest settlement: Zygos
• Spilaio Pachnis, Stoev 2004, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Xanthi / Municipality: Mykis / Closest settlement: Pachni
• Spilaio Trypa Pachnis, Stoev & Enghoff 2003
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Xanthi / Municipality: Mykis / Closest settlement: Pachni
• Spilaio Pelade, Stoev 2004, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oinousa
• Spilaio Drakotrypia, Zapparoli 1984, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Gortynia / Closest settlement: Vytina
• Spilaio Ermi, Zapparoli 1984, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Korinthia / Municipality: Xylokastro - Evrostini / Closest settlement: Zireia

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

LC - Least Concern

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2004. The Invertebrate cave fauna of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P & A. Popov (eds). A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, pp. 791-822.
• Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2011. The invertebrate cave fauna of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pages 583-662 in Beron P. (ed.) Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 4. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II. Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist. Sofia,
• Stoev, P. & Enghoff, H. 2003. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of genus Balkanopetalum Verhoeff, 1926 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae). Zootaxa, 272: 1-26.
• Stoev, P. 2004. Centipedes (Chilopoda) from Greece in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia. Hist. Nat. Bulg., 16: 81-88.
• Zapparoli, M. 1984. Note su alcune specie del gen. Eupolybothrus della fauna di Grecia (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha). Fragm. Entomol., 17 (2): 195-209.
• Zapparoli, M. 2002. A catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 34 (1): 1-146.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus (Latzel,1882). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.11.2025, Accessed 19.04.2026