Eupolybothrus macedonicus (Verhoeff, 1943)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Eupolybothrus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Arkoudospilia
Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Arkoudospilia, Verhoeff 1943, Stoev 1997, Zapparoli 2002, Stoev et al. 2010, Beron 2016, Simaiakis et al. 2026
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou
Comments
Only known from the type locality.
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
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.
  • Simaiakis SM, Kos A, Georgopoulou E & Stojanović DZ 2026. Reassessing the centipede fauna of the Paiko–Pinovo–Tzena–Voras mountain range in the southern Balkans. Zootaxa, 5839 (1), 1–39. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5839.1.1
  • Stoev, P. 1997. A check-list of the centipedes of the Balkan peninsula with some taxonomic notes and a complete bibliography (Chilopoda).. Entomologica scandinavica, Copenhagen, Supplement, 51: 87-105.
  • Stoev, P., Akkari, N., Zapparoli, M., Porco, D., Enghoff, H., Edgecombe, G. D., Georgiev, T. & Penev, L. 2010. The centipede genus Eupolybothrus Verhoeff, 1907 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) in North Africa, a cybertaxonomic revision, with a key to all species in the genus and the first use of DNA barcoding for the group. ZooKeys, 50 (SPEC. ISSUE): 29-77.
  • Verhoeff, K. W. 1943. Über Chilopoden aus westbalkanischen Höhlen.. Zeitschrift für Karst- und Höhlenkunde , 43: 133-152.
  • Zapparoli, M. 2002. A catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 34 (1): 1-146.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Eupolybothrus macedonicus (Verhoeff, 1943). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.07.2026, Accessed 24.08.2026