Species Lithobius obscurus Meinert, 1872

Lithobius obscurus Meinert, F. 1872. Myriapoda Musei Havniensis. Bidragtil Myriapodernes Morphologi og Systematik; II. Lithobiini. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 3 8: 281-344 [300].
Lithobius granlatus Meinert, F. 1872. Myriapoda Musei Havniensis. Bidragtil Myriapodernes Morphologi og Systematik; II. Lithobiini. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 3 8: 281-344 [300].
Lithobius sydneyensis Pocock, R.I. 1891. Descriptions of some new species of Chilopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(8): 152-164 [153].
Lithobius bermudensis Pocock, R.I. 1893. Report upon the Myriopoda of the 'Challenger' Expedition, with Remarks upon the Fauna of Bermuda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 11: 121-142, pl. 9 [126].
Lithobius araichensis Brölemann, H.W. 1924. Myriapodes recuilles à Larache (Maroc) par M.P. de Peyerimhoff. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 52: 54-61 [58].
Walesobius excrescens Attems, C.G. 1928. The Myriopoda of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 26: 1-431 [78].
Chilebius coquimbo Chamberlin, R.V. 1955. The Chilopoda of the Lund University and California Academy of Science Expeditions. Acta Universitatis Lundensis NF 2 51(5): 1-61 [56].
Lithobius platensis Gervais, F.L.P. in Walckenaer, C.A. & Gervais, F.L.P. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Aptères. Tome 4. Myriapodes. Paris : Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret 620 pp. [237] [nom. nud.].
Kesubius syntheticus Chamberlin, R.V. 1925. A new Lithobiomorphous Chilopod from Uruguay. Entomological News 36: 120-121 [120].
Andebius callao Chamberlin, R.V. 1955. The Chilopoda of the Lund University and California Academy of Science Expeditions. Acta Universitatis Lundensis NF 2 51(5): 1-61 [56].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Eason, E.H. 1973. The type specimens and identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius by R.I. Pocock from 1890 to 1901 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 25(2): 41-83 [62, 63] (synonymy of Lithobius bermudensis, Walesobius excrescens, Chilebius coquimbo, ?Andebius callao, Lithobius platensis)
Eason, E.H. 1974. The type specimens and identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius by F. Meinert, and now preserved in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen University (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 55: 1-52 [18] (synonymy of Lithobius sydneyensis)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial, under bark.

Remarks

Lithobius platensis would be the valid name for this species, were it not a nomen nudum (Gervais 1847: 237)

General References

Archey, G. 1937. Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2(2): 71-100 [72 figs 1-6] (Walesobius sydneyensis)

Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [77] (Walesobius sydneyensis)

Eason, E.H. 1973. The type specimens and identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius by R.I. Pocock from 1890 to 1901 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 25(2): 41-83 [60, 62 figs 33-36] (Lithobius sydneyensis; distribution)

Eason, E.H. 1974. The type specimens and identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius by F. Meinert, and now preserved in the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen University (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 55: 1-52 [18] (Lithobius obscurus)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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		12-Feb-2010	(import)