Lamyctes coeculus

Lamyctes coeculus
Lamyctes coeculus
Scientific 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) [1]
Synonyms
Lithobius coeculus(Brölemann, H.W. 1889) Lamyctinus coeculus(Brölemann, 1889) Remylamyctes stramineaAttems, 1951

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]}

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. ^{[2] [3]}

Behaviour

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

References

1. Brölemann, HW (1889). "Contributions à la faune myriapodologique méditerranéenne. Trois espèces nouvelles". Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 36: 269–282 [273].
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.