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Garden Lithobius

Lithobius melanops Newport, 1845

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The garden lithobius (Lithobius melanops) is a species in the family Lithobiidae, order Lithobiomorpha. Source checklists list it for 6 countries, including Canada, Faroe Islands and Iceland.

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Quick facts about the garden lithobius

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
6 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the garden lithobius live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The garden lithobius is listed for 6 countries.

CanadaSpainIrelandUnited KingdomIceland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. Faroe Islands
  3. Iceland
  4. Ireland
  5. Spain
  6. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the garden lithobius endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the garden lithobius classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderLithobiomorpha
  5. familyLithobiidae
  6. genusLithobius
  7. SpeciesLithobius melanops Newport, 1845

Synonyms Lithobius glabratus, Lithobius glabratus fuscus, Lithobius hageni, Lithobius lusitanus crissolensis, Lithobius melanocephalus, Lithobius melanops domusnovae, Lithobius melanops inornata, Lithobius orotavae, Lithobius velox, Lithobius venator, Taiyubius harrietae, Tayiubius harrietae

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • LøvskolopenderDanish
  • Lithobie masquéFrench
  • løvsteinkryperNorwegian Bokmål
  • huissteenloperDutch
  • lauvsteinkryparNorwegian Nynorsk
  • lövstenkrypareSwedish
  • svartögd stenkrypareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the garden lithobius

Other species in the same genus Lithobius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the garden lithobius live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the garden lithobius for 6 countries, including Canada, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Ireland and Spain. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the garden lithobius?

The garden lithobius (Lithobius melanops) belongs to the family Lithobiidae in the order Lithobiomorpha.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Garden Lithobius (Lithobius melanops). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/garden-lithobius

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“Garden Lithobius (Lithobius melanops).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/garden-lithobius.

BibTeX
@misc{garden_lithobius_2026,
  title = {Garden Lithobius (Lithobius melanops)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/garden-lithobius},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}