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.

Metalithobius Chamberlin, 1910

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1910). The Chilopoda of California. I. - Pomona College Journal of Entomology , 2: 363-374, see p. 370.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: subgenus

Type species: Lithobius obesus Stuxberg, 1875 - by subsequent designation

Fixed by: Kevan D.K.McE. (1983). A preliminary survey of known and potentially Canadian and Alaskan centipedes (Chilopoda) - Canadian Journal of Zoology , 61: 2938-2955, see p. 23.

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Kevan D.K.McE. (1983). A preliminary survey of known and potentially Canadian and Alaskan centipedes (Chilopoda) - Canadian Journal of Zoology , 61: 2938-2955, see p. 2948.

Valid Species:

• Metalithobius cardinalis (Bollman, 1887)

Notes: Metalithobius Chamberlin = Archilithobius of Stuxberg, auctt., partim according to Kevan (1983 - Canadian J. Zool., 61: 2948)