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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)
ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue
of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
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The valid name for Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus degener Verhoeff, 1943 is Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus,1758)

Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus degener Verhoeff, 1943.

Original description: Verhoeff K.W. (1943). Chilopoden der Insel Kapri und der Sorrentinischen Halbinsel - Zoologischer Anzeiger , 141: 61-93, see p. 63, figs 35-36.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Original rank: subspecies

Family: Lithobiidae

Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814.

Type locality: Italy: St. Agnello di Sorrento

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.