Lithobius alpinus Heer, 1845



Lithobius alpinus Heer, 1845

Original description: Heer O. (1845). Ueber die obersten Gränzen des thierischen und pflanzlichen Lebens in unseren Alpen - An die Zürcherische Jugend, Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich, 47: 1-19, see p. 15.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814

Type locality: "Panixerpass" (Switzerland); "Bundneralpen" = Bündner Alpen (Switzerland)

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Eason E.H. (1972). The type specimens and identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius by C. L. Koch and L. Koch from 1841 to 1878 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) - Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, 22: 103-150, see p. 130.

Notes: Taxonomic status uncertain. Not Lithobius alpinus L. Koch, 1862; not Lithobius alpinus Matic & Darabanzu, 1971