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Family Lithobiidae

Crawling Orange Bug - Lithobius microps Brown Centipede - Lithobius forficatus fast mover - Lithobius forficatus Warrens Wisconsin L. forficatus - Lithobius forficatus Stone Centipede, Lithobiidae, lateral - Lithobius forficatus Pokabius disantus Arenobius manegitus - male NE California centipede 4 - Bothropolys sp?
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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