Lamyctes emarginatus

Lamyctes emarginatus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It was first described in 1844 by British entomologist George Newport.[1][2]

Lamyctes emarginatus
Lamyctes emarginatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Henicopidae
Genus: Lamyctes
Species:
L. emarginatus
Binomial name
Lamyctes emarginatus
(Newport, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithobius emarginatus Newport, G. 1844
  • Arkansobius chathamensis Archey, 1917
  • Lamyctes fulvicornis Meinert, 1868
  • Lithobius gracilis Porat, 1869
  • Lamyctes kermadecensis Archey, 1917
  • Lamyctes munianus Chamberlin, 1920
  • Lamyctes navaianus Chamberlin, 1920
  • Lamyctes neozelanicus Archey, 1917
  • Lamyctes tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920
  • Lamyctes zelandicus Chamberlin, 1920
  • Lamyctes fulvicornis hawaiiensis Silvestri, 1904

Distribution

The species has been recorded from a geographically widespread suite of sites, including Africa, Europe, Australasia, Greenland and the Galapagos Islands.[2][3] The type locality is New Zealand.[2]

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]

References
  1. Newport, G (1844). "A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained in the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13: 94–101 [96].
  2. Bonato L., Chagas Junior A., Edgecombe G.D., Lewis J.G.E., Minelli A., Pereira L.A., Shelley R.M., Stoev P., Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 8 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Species Lamyctes emarginatus (Newport, 1844)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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