Lithobius pilicornis Newport, 1844



Lithobius pilicornis Newport, 1844

Original description: Newport G. (1844). A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained in the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13: 94-101, see p. 96.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814

Type locality: England

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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. 298.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Açôres; Canary Is.; Madeira

-- within Asia-Tropical: Nicobar Is.

-- within Europe: Corse; France; Great Britain; Ireland; Italy; Netherlands; Portugal; Sardegna; Spain; Switzerland