Lithobius obscurus

{{Short description|Species of centipede}}

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| genus = Lithobius

| species = obscurus

| authority = Meinert, 1872{{cite journal |last1=Meinert|first1=F |last2= |first2= | date=1920 |title= Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bidrag til Myriapoderns Morphologi og Systematik. II. Lithobiini|url= |journal= Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 3|volume=8 |issue= |pages=281–384 [300]|doi= |access-date= }}

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  • Lithobius araichensis Brölemann, 1924
  • Lithobius bermudensis Pocock, 1893
  • Andebius callao Chamberlin,1955
  • Chilebius coquimbo Chamberlin,1955
  • Lithobius demangei Lawrence, 1960
  • Walesobius excrescens Attems,1928
  • Lithobius granulatus Meinert, 1872
  • Lithobius platensis Gervais, 1847
  • Lithobius sydneyensis Pocock, 1891
  • Kesubius syntheticus Chamberlin,1925

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Lithobius obscurus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was first described in 1872 by Danish arachnologist Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert.

{{cite web |author=Bonato L. |author2=Chagas Junior A. |author3=Edgecombe G.D. |author4=Lewis J.G.E. |author5=Minelli A. |author6=Pereira L.A. |author7=Shelley R.M. |author8=Stoev P. |author9=Zapparoli M. |year=2016 |title=ChiloBase 2.0 |work=A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) |publisher=Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua|access-date=15 March 2023|url= https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/2255}}

Distribution

The species has a cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd0700e6-580e-49e3-81d0-1ee1981d2d93 |title= Species Lithobius obscurus Meinert, 1872|author= |date=2010|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 15 March 2023}} The type locality is Carratraca, in Malaga, Spain.

=Subspecies=

  • Lithobius obscurus azoreae Eason & Ashmole, 1992
  • Lithobius obscurus mediocris Eason & Ashmole, 1992
  • Lithobius obscurus obscurus Meinert, 1872

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.

References