Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha) » Lithobiidae » Neolithobius
Photo#589317
Stone Centipede - Neolithobius
Copyright © 2011 Roy Cohutta Brown

Stone Centipede - Neolithobius
Whitepath Road area, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
October 18, 2011
Size: not recorded
I was out at night, wearing a head-lamp and looking for wolf spiders, when I located this individual. This individual moved well on surface of leaf litter / ground / gravel. This individual curled up, as seen (in image), when I took the photo. Otherwise, it was stretched out in "usual" manner, while moving almost continuously. Habitat was mostly deciduous forest in north Georgia mountains.
Contributed by Roy Cohutta Brown on 22 October, 2011 - 12:46pm
Last updated 3 May, 2014 - 12:13pm

Moved
Moved from Stone Centipedes.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 May, 2014 - 12:13pm

Neolithobius
This belongs to the genus Neolithobius, based on the oversized triangular projections on segment 7, in addition to smaller projections on 9, 11, and 13. Without a specimen beneath a scope a species ID is impossible, but the most common species is N. voracior.
… Joseph DeSisto Alling, 3 May, 2014 - 12:12pm

 
Neolithobius
Thanks Joseph.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 3 May, 2014 - 1:32pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo