Lamyctes (Metalamyctes) albipes (Pocock,1895)



Lamyctes (Metalamyctes) albipes (Pocock,1895)

Original description: Pocock R.I. (1894). Chilopoda Symphyla and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago. In: Weber M. (ed.), Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien - E.J. Brill, Leiden, 3: 307-404, see p. 309.

Order: Lithobiomorpha

Family: Henicopidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Henicops Newport, 1845

Type locality: Tjibodas (Java)

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Eason E.H. (1996). Lithobiomorpha from Sakhalin Island, the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kurile Islands (Chilopoda) - Arthropoda Selecta, 5: 117-123, see p. 122.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Canary Is.; Seychelles

-- within Asia-Tropical: Jawa

-- within Southern America: Guadeloupe

Notes: Subgeneric assignment uncertain in the absence of males, but close similarity to Lamyctes africanus (Eason & Enghoff, 1992, Ent. Scand., 23:8) suggests membership in Lamyctes (Metalamyctes).