Henicops

Henicops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Lithobiomorpha
Family:	Henicopidae
Genus:	Henicops ; Newport, 1899
Type species
	Henicops maculatus; Newport, 1845

Last updated January 18, 2024

Henicops is a genus of centipedes in the family Henicopidae. It was described by British entomologist George Newport in 1845.^[1]^[2]

Species

There are eight valid species:^[2]

Henicops armenicus Muralewicz, 1926
Henicops brevilabiatus (Ribaut, 1923)
Henicops dentatus Pocock, 1901
Henicops howensis Edgecombe, 2004
Henicops maculatus Newport, 1845
Henicops milledgei Hollington & Edgecombe, 2004
Henicops tropicanus Hollington & Edgecombe, 2004
Henicops washpoolensis Edgecombe & Hollington, 2005

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References

1 2 Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [372].
1 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 6 March 2023.

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[newport1845-1] 1 2 Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [372].

[chilobase-2] 1 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 6 March 2023.

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