Rhinotus purpureus ( Pocock, 1894a )

Shelley, Rowland M. & Sikes, Derek S., 2012, Centipedes and Millipeds (Arthropoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda) from Saba Island, Lesser Antilles, and a Consolidation of Major References on the Myriapod Fauna of “ Lesser ” Caribbean Islands Rowland M. Shelley, Insecta Mundi 2012 (221), pp. 1-9 : 2

Rhinotus purpureus ( Pocock, 1894a)

Published record. “road to the Bottom, at S-curve” ( Jeekel 1999).

New localities. Mt. Scenery Trail Trailhead (17.62873°N, 63.23748°W, +18’), 339–350m, 5m sampling extent, by hand at night with UV light, 1 ind., 11 March 2008, DS Sikes, JA Slowik, GD Alpert. Dancing Place Trail Trailhead (17.62452°N, 63.23713°W, +10’), 328m, 20m sampling extent, Berlese of leaf litter, 6 inds., 13 March 2008, DS Sikes, JASlowik, GD Alpert.

Remarks. Among small Caribbean islands, this widespread, purplish colobognath is also known from Dominica, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, and Tobago ( Pocock 1894 a, Hoffman 1999, Jeekel 1999).