Lithobius

Lithobius
Lithobius forficatus in Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Lithobius
Leach, 1814
Type species
Scolopendra forficata

Lithobius is a large genus of centipedes in the family Lithobiidae, commonly called stone centipedes, common centipedes or brown centipedes.

  1. ^ Ralph E. Crabill, Jr. (1955). "Proposed use of the plenary powers to designate for the genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758, (Class Myriapoda) a type species in harmony with accustomed usage". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 11: 134–136. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2832.