Lamyctes africanus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family.

It was first described in 1871 by Swedish naturalist Carl Oscar von Porat.

[1][2] The species has been recorded from a geographically widespread suite of sites, including Africa, Europe, south-western Western Australia, Hawaii and the Juan Fernandez Islands.

[2][3] The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.

[3] This myriapoda-related article is a stub.