Walesobius Chamberlin, 1920


The valid name for Walesobius Chamberlin, 1920 is Lithobius Leach, 1814

Walesobius 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. 77.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Lithobius sydneyensis Pocock,1891 - by original designation

Synonymy: Eason E.H. (1974). On certain aspects of the generic classification of the Lithobiidae with special reference to geographical distribution - Symposia of the Zoological Society of London , 32: 65-73, see p. 68.

Notes: syn. of Lithobius (Alokobius) according to Attems (1938 - Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire naturelle, n.s., 6: 344)