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Paralamyctes ginini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Lithobiomorpha
Family:	Henicopidae
Genus:	Paralamyctes
Species:	P. ginini
Binomial name
Paralamyctes ginini Edgecombe, 2004

Paralamyctes ginini is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 2004 by palaeontologist Gregory Edgecombe.

Distribution

The species occurs in south-eastern New South Wales. The type locality is South Ramshead, Kosciuszko National Park, in the Snowy Mountains.

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.

References

1. ^ Edgecombe, GD (2004). "The henicopid centipede Haasiella (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): new species from Australia, with a morphology-based phylogeny of Henicopidae". Journal of Natural History. 38: 37–76 .
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 8 March 2023.
3. ^ "Species Paralamyctes (Haasiella) ginini Edgecombe, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

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