Lithobius obscurus Meinert, 1872
Lithobius obscurus Meinert, 1872
Original description: Meinert F. (1872). Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bidrag til Myriapoderns Morphologi og Systematik. II. Lithobiini - Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, (3)8: 281-344, see p. 300.
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814
Type locality: Spain: Granada; Caratraca naer Malaga
Synonym(s):
- Lithobius araichensis Brölemann, 1924
- Lithobius bermudensis Pocock, 1893
- Andebius callao Chamberlin,1955
- Chilebius coquimbo Chamberlin,1955
- Lithobius demangei Lawrence, 1960
- Walesobius excrescens Attems,1928
- Lithobius granulatus Meinert, 1872
- Lithobius platensis Gervais, 1847
- Lithobius sydneyensis Pocock, 1891
- Kesubius syntheticus Chamberlin,1925
Subspecies:
- Lithobius obscurus azoreae Eason & Ashmole, 1992
- Lithobius obscurus mediocris Eason & Ashmole, 1992
- Lithobius obscurus obscurus Meinert, 1872
Last taxonomic scrutiny: 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.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Açôres; Canary Is.; Madagascar; Morocco
-- within Europe: Spain
-- within Southern America: Bermuda; Ecuador; Peru; Uruguay
