Henicops maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Henicopidae
Genus: Henicops
Species:
H. maculatus
Binomial name
Henicops maculatus
Synonyms
  • Henicops impressus Hutton, 1877

Henicops maculatus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It was first described in 1845 by British entomologist George Newport.[1][2]

Distribution

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand.[3] The type locality is Tasmania.[2]

Behaviour

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

References

  1. 1 2 Newport, G (1845). "Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 265–302, 349–439 [372].
  2. 1 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 6 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 "Species Henicops maculata Newport, 1845". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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