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Lamyctes coeculus

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Species of centipede

Lamyctes coeculus
Lamyctes coeculus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Henicopidae
Genus: Lamyctes
Species: L. coeculus
Binomial name
Lamyctes coeculus
(Brölemann, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Lithobius coeculus (Brölemann, H.W. 1889)
  • Lamyctinus coeculus (Brölemann, 1889)
  • Remylamyctes straminea Attems, 1951

Lamyctes coeculus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It was first described in 1844 by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann.

Distribution

The species has been recorded from a geographically widespread suite of sites, including Africa, Europe, Australia and South America. The type locality is Milan in Italy.

Behaviour

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

References

  1. ^ Brölemann, HW (1889). "Contributions à la faune myriapodologique méditerranéenne. Trois espèces nouvelles". Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 36: 269–282 .
  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.
  3. ^ "Species Lamyctinus coeculus (Brölemann, 1889)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Lamyctes coeculus
Lamyctinus coeculus
Lamyctes caeculus


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