Lithobius microps

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Lithobius microps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Lithobius
Species: L. microps
Binomial name
Lithobius microps
Meinert, 1868

Lithobius microps (also known as stone centipede, Lithobius duboscqui and Sigibius puritanicus) is a species of centipede from Lithobiidae family that can be found in England and South Wales.[1]

Description

The species is red in colour, fast-moving, and considered to be among the smallest of British centipedes.[1]

References

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