Walesobius excrescens Attems,1928



The valid name for Walesobius excrescens Attems,1928 is Lithobius obscurus (Meinert, 1872)

Walesobius excrescens Attems,1928

Original description: Attems C. (1928). The Myriopoda of South Africa - Annals of the South African Museum , 26: 1-431, see p. 78.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Walesobius Chamberlin, 1920

Type locality: South Africa: Cape Town

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. 18.