Paralamyctes (Haasiella) subicolus Edgecombe, 2004

(Order Lithobiomorpha, family Henicopidae, subfamily Henicopinae)

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(a)  19-24 (usually 22) antennomeres
(b)  1 unusually flat eye on each side of head
(c)  (7-9)+(7-9) teeth on coxosternite
(d)  tibial spur on legs 1-14
(e)  tarsi of legs 1-12 not divided, of legs 13-15 in 2 parts
(f)  2-4 round coxal pores on legs 12-15.

Above:  Ventral view of maxillipedes.

This handsome species grows to ca. 15 mm in body length and is usually brown with orange antennae and legs, although all-brown specimens have been collected. It is readily distinguished from the similar-looking Henicops maculatus and Paralamyctes (Nothofagobius) mesibovi by the much large number of coxosternal teeth, the way the tarsi are subdivided and the curiously flat eye.

I previously (Mesibov 1986) believed this species was restricted to rainforest, but I have since found it in a wide range of wet forest types. It lives deeper in the litter than Henicops and is very fast-running. The first known specimen was collected in the Southwest in 1976.

A second species of Tasmanian P. (Haasiella), still undescribed, is known from a single specimen collected near Tahune Bridge in the Southern Forests (Edgecombe 2004a).

Localities for P. (H.) subicolus.  Scale bar = 100 km.
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Taxonomy - Edgecombe (2001b), Edgecombe (2003b), Edgecombe (2004a)
Biology - Edgecombe (2003a), Edgecombe & Giribet (2003b), Edgecombe & Giribet (2003c)