Neolithobius mordax (L. Koch,1862)
Neolithobius mordax (L. Koch,1862)
Original description: Koch L. (1862). Die Myriapodengattung Lithobius - J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg , 94+3 pp., see p. 34.
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814
Type locality: Louisiana: New Orleans
Synonym(s):
- Lithobius howei Bollman, 1887
- Lithobius mordax louisianae Brölemann,1896
- Neolithobius transmarinus perarmatus Brölemann, 1896
Subspecies:
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. 119.
Distribution:
-- within Northern America: Alabama; Arkansas; Colorado; Florida; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Louisiana; Minnesota; Mississippi; Nebraska; North Carolina; Ohio; Tennessee; Texas; Wisconsin
Notes: probably a junior synonym of Lithobius spinipes Say, 1821 according to Kevan (1983 - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 61 S: (12): 2938-2955.)
