Henicops maculatus

Henicops maculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Lithobiomorpha
Family:	Henicopidae
Genus:	Henicops
Species:	H. maculatus
Binomial name
Henicops maculatus Newport, 1845 [1]
Synonyms
Henicops impressusHutton, 1877

Henicops maculatus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It was first described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport. ^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. ^[3] The type locality is Tasmania. ^[2]

Behaviour

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

References

1. 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].
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.
3. "Species Henicops maculata Newport, 1845". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2023.