Lithobiomorpha22 species

Family Lithobiidae

Lithobiidae is a family in the order Lithobiomorpha. Browse 22 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Lithobiidae (22)

Arenobius manegitus

Identification: Prosternal teeth 2+2, small, with large porodonts; posterior angles of 9th, 11th, and 13th tergites produced; 20 antennomeres; tibia of penultimate legs of males with a deep mesal furrow and distally with a lobe bearing a brush of hai

Gonibius rex

Identification: Posterior angles of fourth, sixth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth dorsal plates produced; ventral spines of anal legs 0,1, 3, 3, 2; dorsal spines of penult legs 1, 0, 3. 2, 2. The other North American species seems to be les

Gosibius montereus

Identification: Gosibius montereus Chamberlin, 1917

Lithobius microps

Identification: The most similar common species is Lamyctes emarginatus , which is the same size and also has 25 antennal segments. However, Lamyctes doesn't have spines on its legs like Lithobius , and has only a single ocellus on each side of the h

Paitobius zinus

Identification: Males distinguished by their greatly enlarged forcipules. Prosternal teeth 2+2. Only the males have the greatly enlarged forcipules, but this distinguishes the species from others in the eastern US