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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Stone Centipedes (Lithobiomorpha) » Lithobiidae

Family Lithobiidae

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Centapede-any idea what species this nasty bitey thing is? - Lithobius forficatus Centipede - Lithobius forficatus Stone Centipede? - Lithobius forficatus Centipedes Unknown Centipede - Lithobius forficatus Brown Centipede? - Lithobius forficatus Stone Centipede Nothembius aberrans
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Lithobiomorpha (Stone Centipedes)
Family Lithobiidae
Numbers
by far the largest of the two families, with ~80 genera and ~1400 described spp. worldwide(1)(2)
Range
worldwide
Works Cited
1.Shelley R.M. The myriapods, the world’s leggiest animals
2.Bonato L. et al. (2016) ChiloBase 2.0 - A world catalogue of centipedes (Chilopoda)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 January, 2007 - 12:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 11:02am

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