Species Lamyctes africanus (Porat, 1872)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Henicops africanus Porat, C.O. von 1872. Myriapoden Africae australis in Museo Regio Holmiensi. Pars I. Chilopoda. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 9: 1135-1167 [1140].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

St Paul, see Attems, C.G. 1928. The Myriopoda of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 26: 1–431 [59].

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial, under bark.

 

General References

Attems, C.G. 1911. Myriopoda exkl. Scolopendridae. pp. 147-165 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fisher Vol. 3, Lief. 6. [150] (distribution)

Attems, C.G. 1928. The Myriopoda of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 26: 1-431 [56, 59 pl. 19 figs 455, 456; text figs 11-14] (extralimital distribution)

Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [72]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)