Lithobius agilis C.L. Koch, 1847

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Status:

Unknown

ID Difficulty

5

Identification

This centipede is of doubtful status in the British Isles, with no confirmed records. It bears a passing resemblance to Lithobius tricuspis and females are most easy to identify. 

Although described and figured in the published identification guides by Tony Barber (2008 & 2009) this species is not included within the identification keys. 

Distribution and Habitat

Lithobius agilis is a doubtful member of the fauna of the British Isles with a few unconfirmed records up to the 1940s (and were possibly Lithobius tricuspis, a centipede not recorded in Britain until the 1960s) .

This is a widespread European species and is known from northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands.  

This account is based on the 'Centipede Atlas' (Barber, 2022).

References

ChiloBase 2.0 - World Catalogue of Centipedes: chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/1418

BRC code

19

idBmigTaxa

Cen_178