Lithobius peregrinus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was first described in 1880 by Austrian myriapodologist Robert Latzel.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Lithobiomorpha |
| Family: | Lithobiidae |
| Genus: | Lithobius |
| Species: | L. peregrinus
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| Lithobius peregrinus | |
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Distribution
editThe species has a cosmopolitan distribution.[3] The type locality is Dalmatia, in Croatia.[2]
Behaviour
editThe centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Latzel, R (1880). Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie. Vienna: Hölder. p. 63.
- ^ 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 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Lithobius peregrinus Latzel, 1886". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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