Lithobius (Lithobius) variegatus rubriceps Newport, 1845


Lithobius (Lithobius) variegatus rubriceps Newport, 1845.

Original description: Newport G. (1845). Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 19: 265-302, 349-439, see p. 364.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Original rank: species

Family: Lithobiidae

Original genus: Lithobius Leach, 1814.

Type locality: Spain: Southern Spain

Synonym(s):

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. 27, figs 7, 8.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Venezuela