Paralamyctes (Haasiella), 1901

Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2004, The henicopid centipede Haasiella (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): new species from Australia, with a morphology-based phylogeny of Henicopidae, Journal of Natural History 38 (1), pp. 37-76 : 51

Paralamyctes (Haasiella) sp.

Material. Tasmania: QVMAG 23 :21136, male, Tahune Bridge, DN 779 287, 43°05∞38S, 146°43∞42E, 60 m, K. Higgs, 14 August 1994 .

Discussion. A single male from southern Tasmania belongs to the P. (H.) cammooensis Group. The specimen is not a juvenile of the typical northwestern Tasmanian P. ( Haasiella ), P. (H.) subicolus . It has a well-developed gonopod, typical of an adult henicopid, whereas even larger specimens of P. (H.) subicolus ( QVMAG 23:22967, 23:22971) have undifferentiated gonopods. The maxillipede resembles P. (H.) cammooensis in having a narrow, V-shaped dental margin with a prominent median notch and 4+4 strong teeth (all as in figure 4F). These are not juvenile characters of P. (H.) subicolus , in which even larvae (stadium LIV: TMAG J2144, 2145) have a relatively wide, subtransverse dental margin, lack a median notch, and have smaller teeth than in the P. (H.) cammooensis Group, and have a long pretarsal part of the forcipular tarsungulum. The Tasmanian specimen has a coxal pore count (1,2,2,2 / 1,1,2,2) exceeding any males of P. (H.) cammooensis . The most evident distinction from P. (H.) cammooensis is the relative strength of the setae on the legs, many of which have a spine-like form, notably on the prefemur of the posterior legs. Additional material is required to formalize the Tasmanian species.