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Bonato L., Chagas Junior A.,
Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
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Lithobius variegatus Leach, 1814

Original description: Leach W.E. (1815). A tabular view of the external characters of four classes of animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta; with the distribution of the genera composing three of these classes into orders, &c. and descriptions of several new genera and species - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 11: 306-400, see p. 382.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Lithobiidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814

Type locality: UK: in Danmonia australi [Danminum, Danmonia: ancient names for the Cornwall and Devonshire area of southwestern Britain]

Synonym(s):

• Lithobius corcyraeus Verhoeff, 1899
• Lithobius depressus Fanzago, 1880
• Lithobius gracilipes Meinert, 1872
• Lithobius insignis Meinert, 1872
• Lithobius paucispinosus Attems, 1952

Subspecies:

• Lithobius variegatus rubriceps Newport, 1845
• Lithobius variegatus variegatus Leach, 1814

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Eason E.H., Serra A. (1986). On the geographical distribution of Lithobius variegatus Leach 1814 and the identity of Lithobius rubriceps Newport 1845 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) - Journal of Natural History, 20: 23-29, see p. 24, figs 1-6.

Distribution:

-- within Europe: France; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Portugal; Spain