Lithobius (Lithobius) canalensis Attems, 1952



The valid name for Lithobius (Lithobius) canalensis Attems, 1952 is Lithobius hispanicus (Meinert, 1872)

Lithobius (Lithobius) canalensis Attems, 1952

Original description: Attems C. (1952). Myriopoden der Forschungsreise Dr. H. Franz in Spanien 1951 nebst Übersicht über die gesamte iberische Myriopodenfauna - Eos, 28: 323-366, see p. 343.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814

Type locality: Spain: Mt. Canal bei Villalba, Sierra Guadarrama

Synonymy: Eason E.H. (1974). The type specimens and identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius by F. Meinert and now preserved in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen University (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London , 55: 1-52, see p. 31.

Distribution:

-- within Europe: Spain

Notes: Probable but uncertain synonymy.