Eupolybothrus caesar (Verhoeff, 1899)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

East Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Megali Grava, Dobroruka 1965, Zapparoli 1984, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses

Comments

Synonymy: Schizopolybothrus folkmanovae Dobruruka, 1965

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

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Dobroruka, L. J. 1965. Ein Beitrag zur Landtierwelt von Korfu. Chilopoda. Sber. österr. Akad. Wiss. math.-naturw. Kl., 1 (174): 393-402.
• 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 caesar (Verhoeff, 1899). 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 18.04.2026