Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Korobushkin, Daniil I., Semenyuk, Irina I. & Tuf, Ivan H., 2016, An annotated checklist of the Chilopoda and Diplopoda (Myriapoda) of the Abrau Peninsula, northwestern Caucasus, Russia, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 7308-7308 : 7308

Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: DMK; Sampling: hand; individualCount: 1; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Krasnodar; locality: {10} ; verbatimCoordinates: 44°43'31''N, 37°29'04'' E; 85; Event: eventDate: 06-20-13 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: KBG, DIK; Sampling: sample; individualCount: 3; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Krasnodar; locality: {2} ; verbatimCoordinates: 44°44'13'' N, 37°28'46'' E; 153; Event: eventDate: 06/2013 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: KBG, DIK, DMK, AAP, IHT; Sampling: hand, sample; individualCount: 3; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Krasnodar; locality: {1} ; verbatimCoordinates: 44°45'15'' N, 37°29'53'' E; 195; Event: eventDate: 06/2013

Notes

L. forficatus is an eurytopic species, showing a pan-Holarctic distribution pattern, widely distributed from Great Britain to Turkey and Georgia, the eastern boundary of its range reaching the Ural Mountains ( Zalesskaja 1978). The species has also been introduced in the Far East, Africa, North and South America, etc. ( Zapparoli 2009). In the studied area, the species occurs in the leaf litter layer, under the stones and under the bark of dead trees in deciduous forests.