Abstract
Restudy of the syntypes of Remylamyctes straminea Attems, 1951, from Madagascar and R union, indicates membership of this monotypic genus in the Henicopini rather than the Zygethobiini. The supposed restriction of spiracles to segments 5, 10 and 12 is in error; R. straminea has spiracles on segments 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 and 14, as in all Henicopini. An alleged absence of distal spinose projections on any legs is also erroneous; the species has sclerotised, spine-like tibial projections as in all other Henicopidae. Remylamyctes straminea possess the apomorphic characters of Lamyctes Meinert, 1868, which includes other blind, parthenogenetic species, and the genus is accordingly placed in subjective synonymy with Lamyctes. Lamyctes straminea is identical with L. coeculus (Br lemann, 1889), a nearly cosmopolitan, synanthropic species, and is unlikely to be native to either Madagascar or R union.References
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