Poratia digitata (Porat, 1869)

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 : 4

Poratia digitata (Porat, 1869)

Published record. “behind the Mountain, top” ( Jeekel 2009).

New records. None.

Remarks. In the Caribbean, P. digitata is also known from the Bahamas (Andros), Curaçao, St. Eustatius, and St. Martin / Sint Maarten ( Loomis 1970, Golovatch and Sierwald 2001, Shelley 2004, Jeekel 2009). In the United States, it has been introduced into peninsular Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, and has been found in greenhouses in Champaign and Cook counties, Illinois (Shelley 2004).