Lamyctes is a genus of centipedes in the family Henicopidae. It was described by Danish entomologist Frederik Vilhelm August Meinert in 1868.[1][2]

Lamyctes
Lamyctes emarginatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Henicopidae
Genus: Lamyctes
Meinert, 1868[1]
Type species
Lamyctes fulvicornis
Meinert, 1868
Synonyms
  • Lamyctinus Silvestri, 1909
  • Remylamyctes Attems, 1951

Species

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There are over 40 valid species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Meinert, F (1868). "Dannmarks Scolopender og Lithobier". Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. 3 (5): 241–268 [266].
  2. ^ 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 7 March 2023.