Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh. & Tuf, Ivan H., 2022, An annotated checklist of centipedes (Chilopoda) of Middle Asian countries, part 1. Lithobiomorpha, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 151-188 : 171

26. Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Terra typica: [Europe, N America] “in Europa; in America septentrionali” ( Linnaeus 1758).

Scolopendra forficata Linnaeus, 1758: 638 .

Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus — Farzalieva & Esyunin, 2008: 926 (20 ♂♂, 29 ♀♀); Dyachkov et al., 2016: 440 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Dyachkov, 2019: 14 (5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀); Nefediev et al., 2016: 261 (more 100: ♂ ♀); 2020b: 11 (1 ♂, 3 ♀); Prado et al., 2018: 560.

Previous records. Kazakhstan: Almaty Region — Almaty City [Kz13],Trans-Ili Alatau Mt.Range, Malaya Almatinka [Kz10], Kazakchka [Kz11], Butakovka [Kz12] river valleys, East Kazakhstan Region —Shemonaikha Town [Kz43], Altai Town [Kz44], Ulken-Naryn Village [Kz45], Kyzylorda Region —vicinity of Abay Village [Kz55] ( Dyachkov et al. 2016; Dyachkov 2019), and Kostanay Region —Kostanay Town [Kz49a] ( Bragina et al. 2020).

Habitat records. Gardens, open hand-made grounds on 400–500 m ( Dyachkov et al. 2016); garden on 308 m; paddy fields with Orýza ( Dyachkov 2019) .

Remarks. It seems, introduced in Kazakhstan species.

Widespread as human introduction (N and S America, Greenland, Europe, W Siberia, Mongolia, and Japan) ( Zalesskaja 1978; Farzalieva 2008; Tuf et al. 2015; Nefediev et al. 2016; Zuev & Evsyukov 2016; Prado et al. 2018; Hirakizawa & Yamauchi 2021).