Lamyctes africanus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It was first described in 1871 by Swedish naturalist Carl Oscar von Porat.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Lithobiomorpha |
| Family: | Henicopidae |
| Genus: | Lamyctes |
| Species: | L. africanus
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Distribution edit
The species has been recorded from a geographically widespread suite of sites, including Africa, Europe, south-western Western Australia, Hawaii and the Juan Fernandez Islands.[2][3]
Behaviour edit
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Porat, CO von (1871). "Myriopoda Africae australis in Museo Regio Holmiensi asservata recensuit. Pars I. Chilopoda". Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 28: 1135–1167 [1140].
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Species Lamyctes africanus (Porat, 1872)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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