Lithobius peregrinus
{{Short description|Species of centipede}}
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| genus = Lithobius
| species = peregrinus
| authority = Latzel, 1880{{cite book |last=Latzel |first=R |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |author-link= |date=1880 |title= Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie|series= |volume= |url= |location=Vienna |publisher=Hölder |page=63 |isbn=}}
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- Lithobius dalmaticus Latzel, 1880
- Lithobius ethochaetus Chamberlin, 1938
- Lithobius provocator Pocock, 1891
- Lithobius targionii Fanzago, 1874
- Lithobius obesus petnickensis Matic & Darabantzu, 1968
- Lithobius obesus serbica Matic, 1957
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Lithobius peregrinus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was first described in 1880 by Austrian myriapodologist Robert Latzel.{{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|accessdate=15 March 2023|url= https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/2349}}
Distribution
The species has a cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1e7361be-8bd8-4b8e-9f4d-cf6adc39befa |title= Species Lithobius peregrinus Latzel, 1886|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 Dalmatia, in Croatia.
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.
References
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Category:Centipedes of Australia
Category:Animals described in 1880
Category:Taxa named by Robert Latzel
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