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Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
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The valid name for Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus cheruscus Verhoeff, 1941 is Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus,1758)

Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus cheruscus Verhoeff, 1941.

Original description: Verhoeff K.W. (1942). Zur Kenntnis mediterraner Chilopoden besonders der Insel Ischia - Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere, 38: 483-525, see p. 494.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Original rank: subspecies

Family: Lithobiidae

Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814.

Type locality: Germany: Allagen (Soest, Vestfalen)

Synonymy: Eason E.H. (1970).On certain characters used to separate species and subspecies in the Lithobiidae - Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (2)41 suppl. 2: 58-60, see p. 58.

Notes: Probable but uncertain synonymy.