Lithobius lucifugus L. Koch, 1862

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Synonyms

Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch, 1862

Status:

  • GB IUCN status: Not applicable (non-native)
  • GB rarity status: Naturalised

ID Difficulty

4

Identification

Lithobius is a difficult genus and at least 17 species are known from Britain and Ireland.

Lithobius lucifugus is one of seven 'smaller species' with 2 + 2 forcipular teeth that lack backward projections on tergites 9, 11 and 13. This is a light brown medium sized species (to 17 mm body length). 

More information to allow accurate identification is given in the published identification keys by Tony Barber (2008 & 2009).

Steve Gregory

Distribution and Habitat

First recorded from Edinburgh in 1989 (Barber, 1995), Lithobius lucifugus is known from a handful of coastal sites in Scotland, all associated with human activity, such as kirkyards and greenhouses.

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

Links

ChiloBase 2.0 - World Catalogue of Centipedes: https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/2086

BRC code

19

idBmigTaxa

Cen_165