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Species Lithobius microps Meinert, 1868

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

North America, Europe.


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 and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

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

 

Misidentifications


Lithobius microps
, see Meinert, F. 1872. Myriapoda Musei Havniensis. Bidragtil Myriapodernes Morphologi og Systematik; II. Lithobiini. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Schiodte, Kjobenhavn 3 8: 281–344 [330].
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) microps, see Verhoeff, K.W. 1931. Chilopoden der Insel Elba. (Isopoden). Zoologischer Anzeiger 95: 303–312 [307].
Monotarsobius microps, see Verhoeff, K.W. 1937. Zur Kenntnis der Lithobiiden. Archiv fuer Naturgeschichte NF 6: 171–257 [189].
Lithobius microps, see Brölemann, H.W. 1930. Elements d'une Faune des Myriapodes de France. Chilopodes. Faune de France 25: 1–405 [322].

 

General References

Brölemann, H.W. 1895. La Fôret d'Andaine: Myriapods. Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes 25(3): 19-21 (Lithobius microps)

Brölemann, H.W. 1930. Elements d'une Faune des Myriapodes de France. Chilopodes. Faune de France 25: 1-405 [328 figs 435-455] (Lithobius dubosqui)

Eason, E.H. 1964. Centipedes of the British Isles. London : Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd x 294 pp. [242 figs 463-476] (Lithobius dubosqui)

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 [7] (Lithobius microps; distribution)

Eason, E.H. 1982. A review of the north-west European species of Lithobiomorpha with a revised key to their identification. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 74: 9-33 [24] (Lithobius microps; distribution)

Jeekel, C.A.W. 1964. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Systematik und Ökologie der Hundertfüsser (Chilopoda) Nordwestdeutschlands. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg NF 8: 111-153 [139] (Lithobius microps)

Machado, A. de B. 1952. Miriapodes de Portugal. Primera Parte: Quilópodes. Brotéria. Serie Ciências Naturais 21: 161-170 (Lithobius microps)

Matic, Z. 1966. Class Chilopoda — Subclass Anamorpha. Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania 6(1): 1-267 [222 figs 89 A-D] (Lithobius (Monotarsobius) dubosqui)

Mesibov, R. 1986. A Guide to Tasmanian Centipedes. Hobart : R. Mesibov 64 pp. [20 figs 16-19] (Lithobius microps)

Palmén, E. 1949. The Chilopoda of Eastern Fennoscandia. Annales Zoologici Societas Zoologico-botanicae Fennicae 13(4): 1-45 [29] (Lithobius microps)

Verhoeff, K.W. 1937. Zur Kenntnis der Lithobiiden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte NF 6: 171-257 [189] (Monotarsobius dubosqui)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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