GB IUCN status: Not applicable (non-native)
Lamyctes are small centipedes with 15 leg pairs (fewer in larval stages) and look very similar to Lithobius.
Lamyctes coeculus is very small and very fast yellow centipede, reaching 5 mm and lacking ommatidia (eyes).
More information to allow accurate identification is given in the published identification keys by Tony Barber (2008 & 2009).
Lamyctes coeculus is known from a few tropical glasshouses widely scattered across England, Scotland and Wales (Gregory & Lugg, 2020) including Eden Project (Rainforest Biome), Cornwall where it is well established. It has not yet been found in Ireland.
This account is based on the 'Centipede Atlas' (Barber, 2022).
Gregory, S.J. & Lugg, K. (2020) Some recent observations of woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea), millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda) from artificially heated glasshouses. Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group, 32: 35-43.
ChiloBase 2.0: World Catalogue of Centipedes: https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/119
