Lamyctes (Metalamyctes) africanus (Porat,1871)
Lamyctes (Metalamyctes) africanus (Porat,1871)
Original description: Porath C.O. von (1871). Myriopoda Africae australis in Museo Regio Holmiensi asservata recensuit. Pars I. Chilopoda - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 28: 1135-1167, see p. 1140.
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Henicopidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Henicops Newport, 1845
Type locality: Caffraria (South Africa)
Synonym(s):
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Zapparoli M., Shelley R.M. (2000). The centipede order Lithobiomorpha in the Hawaiian Islands (Chilopoda. I. The epigean fauna) - Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 63: 35-49, see p. 35.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Madagascar; Senegal
-- within Pacific: Hawaiian Is.
-- within Southern America: Juan Fernández Is.
Notes: Introduced in Denmark (Enghoff et al., 2013, Journal of Natural History, Volume 47)
