Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Myriapoda > Class Chilopoda > Subclass Pleurostigmophora > Order Lithobiomorpha > Family Lithobiidae > Genus Lithobius > Subgenus Lithobius (Lithobius)

Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lithobius*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lithobius (Lithobius) ameles*	Chamberlin, 1952	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) americanus*	Newport, 1844	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) argus*	Newport, 1845	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) biunguiculatus*	Matic & Golemansky, 1965	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) biunguis*	Demange, 1958	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) biungulatus*	Negrea, 1965	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) bonensis*	Meinert, 1872	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) brevicalcaratus*	Folkmanova, 1946	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) brevicornis*	Newport, 1845	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) britannicorum*	Verhoeff, 1937	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) cheruscus*	Verhoeff, 1941	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) convenicus*	Chalande, 1907	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) coriaceus*	L. Koch, 1862	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) curtirostris*	Eisen & Stuxberg, 1868	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) degener*	Verhoeff, 1943	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) diampolisi*	Ribarov, 1987	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) entzii*	Daday, 1889	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) golemanskyi*	Ribarov, 1987	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) hardwickei*	Newport, 1844	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) hortensis*	L. Koch, 1862	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) hungaricus*	Daday, 1889	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) laevilabrum*	Leach, 1814	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) leachii*	Newport, 1844	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) muscorum*	L. Koch, 1862	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) parisiensis*	L. Koch, 1862	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) parvolus*	Fedrizzi, 1877	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) pulcher*	Meinert, 1872	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) quadridentatus*	Menge, 1851	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) rapitus*	Chamberlin, 1952	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) sorrentinus*	Verhoeff, 1941	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) spinipes*	Say, 1821	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) trilineatus*	L. Koch, 1862	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) villosus*	L. Koch, 1862	subjective synonym
*Lithobius (Lithobius) vulgaris*	Leach, 1817	subjective synonym
*Scolopendra forcipata*	De Geer, 1778	subjective synonym
*Stenomera interrupta*	Rafinesque, 1820	subjective synonym

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Citation

Prof. Dr. Henrik Enghoff. Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ec83c316-21fe-48c3-a013-9adad41a5c82

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Occurrence

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Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

IUCN:
Red List status VU 1996 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Red List status VU 1996 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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