Henicops dentatus
Appearance
Henicops dentatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Lithobiomorpha |
Family: | Henicopidae |
Genus: | Henicops |
Species: | H. dentatus
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Binomial name | |
Henicops dentatus | |
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Henicops dentatus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1901 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in south-west Western Australia.[3] The type locality is Perth.[2]
Behaviour
[edit]The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pocock, RI (1901). "The Chilopoda or centipedes of the Australian continent". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (8): 451–463 [454].
- ^ 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 6 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Henicops dentatus Pocock, 1901". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2023.