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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Lithobius
Species:
L. hawaiiensis
Binomial name
Lithobius hawaiiensis

Distribution

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The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Makaweli (Kaumakani), Kauai, at an elevation of 3,000 feet.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.