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Lithobiomorpha is an order of rather small, anamorphic centipedes that includes around 1100 valid species within two families, mainly Laurasian Lithobiidae (this family includes well-known genus Lithobius) and Gondwanan Henicopidae1. Fossil record of this order is restricted to Cenozoic era and is represented mostly in Baltic amber. That includes three species described by Koch & Berendt in 18542: Lithobius longicornis, L. maxillosus, L. planatus along with some nomina nuda mentioned by Menge3, however, the exact status of these species is unknown and the material has not been re-examined until now4. After examining historical material, we summarize and update the current state of knowledge about Lithobiomorpha from Baltic amber, discuss the status of species that have been described in the past, and present all potentially new taxa that are the result of our investigation.