| Lamyctes emarginatus | |
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| Lamyctes emarginatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Lithobiomorpha |
| Family: | Henicopidae |
| Genus: | Lamyctes |
| Species: | L. emarginatus |
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| Lamyctes emarginatus | |
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Lamyctes emarginatus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It was first described in 1844 by British entomologist George Newport. [1] [2]
The species has been recorded from a geographically widespread suite of sites, including Africa, Europe, Australasia, Greenland and the Galapagos Islands. [2] [3] The type locality is New Zealand. [2]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil. [3]
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