Lithobius obscurus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was first described in 1872 by Danish arachnologist Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert.[1] [2]
Distribution
The species has a cosmopolitan distribution.[3] The type locality is Carratraca, in Malaga, Spain.[2]
Subspecies
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Lithobius obscurus azoreae Eason & Ashmole, 1992
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Lithobius obscurus mediocris Eason & Ashmole, 1992
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Lithobius obscurus obscurus Meinert, 1872
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]
References
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^ a b Meinert, F (1920). "Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. Bidrag til Myriapoderns Morphologi og Systematik. II. Lithobiini". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 3. 8: 281–384 [300].
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^ a b 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). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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^ a b "Species Lithobius obscurus Meinert, 1872". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
