Lithobius hawaiiensis is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was described in 1904 by Italian myriapodologist Filippo Silvestri.[1][2]
Lithobius hawaiiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Lithobiomorpha |
Family: | Lithobiidae |
Genus: | Lithobius |
Species: | L. hawaiiensis
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Binomial name | |
Lithobius hawaiiensis |
Distribution
editThe species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Makaweli (Kaumakani), Kauai, at an elevation of 3,000 feet.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Silvestri, F (1904). "Myriopoda". In Sharp, D (ed.). Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 323–338.
- ^ a b Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 14 April 2023.