Lamyctes emarginatus

Lamyctes emarginatus
Lamyctes emarginatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Lithobiomorpha
Family:	Henicopidae
Genus:	Lamyctes
Species:	L. emarginatus
Binomial name
Lamyctes emarginatus (Newport, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
Lithobius emarginatusNewport, G. 1844 Arkansobius chathamensisArchey, 1917 Lamyctes fulvicornisMeinert, 1868 Lithobius gracilisPorat, 1869 Lamyctes kermadecensisArchey, 1917 Lamyctes munianusChamberlin, 1920 Lamyctes navaianusChamberlin, 1920 Lamyctes neozelanicusArchey, 1917 Lamyctes tasmanianusChamberlin, 1920 Lamyctes zelandicusChamberlin, 1920 Lamyctes fulvicornishawaiiensis Silvestri, 1904

Lamyctes emarginatus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It was first described in 1844 by British entomologist George Newport. ^{[1] [2]}

Distribution

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]

Behaviour

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

References

1. Newport, G (1844). "A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained in the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13: 94–101 [96].
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 Lamyctes emarginatus (Newport, 1844)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.