Lamyctes coeculus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It was first described in 1844 by French myriapodologist Henry Wilfred Brolemann.[1][2]

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
Synonyms
  • Lithobius coeculus (Brölemann, H.W. 1889)
  • Lamyctinus coeculus (Brölemann, 1889)
  • Remylamyctes straminea Attems, 1951

Distribution

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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.[2][3]

Behaviour

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Brölemann, HW (1889). "Contributions à la faune myriapodologique méditerranéenne. Trois espèces nouvelles". Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 36: 269–282 [273].
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Species Lamyctinus coeculus (Brölemann, 1889)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.