Lithobius (Lithobius) platensis Gervais, 1847



The valid name for Lithobius (Lithobius) platensis Gervais, 1847 is Lithobius obscurus (Meinert, 1872)

Lithobius (Lithobius) platensis Gervais, 1847

Original description: Gervais P. (1847). Myriapodes. In: Walckenaer C.A. de, Gervais F.L .P., Histoire naturelle des Insectes Aptères, Tome 4. - Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 1-57, 210-623, see p. 237.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814

Type locality: Uruguay: Montevideo

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.

Notes: Probable but uncertain synonymy.