Newportia (Newportia), 2018

Chagas-Jr, Amazonas & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2018, A synopsis of centipedes in Brazilian caves: hidden species diversity that needs conservation (Myriapoda, Chilopoda), ZooKeys 737, pp. 13-56 : 23

Newportia (Newportia) spp.

Material examined.

PARÁ: Parauapebas ( Equatorial Rainforest and " Campos Rupestres "), Iron Ore : Gruta N 4E 22, (MZUSP) 1 spec, 20.x-01.xi.2006, Andrade, R.; Gruta N 4E 32, (MZUSP) 1 spec, 22.iii-03.iv.2006, Andrade, R., Arnone, IS.; Gruta GEM 154 CL Tarzan, (MNRJ) 1 spec, 17-24.x.2008, Andrade, R.; Gruta S 11A 12, (( MNRJ) 1 spec, 23.viii-02.ix.2007, Andrade, R.; Gruta N 4E 30, (MZUSP) 1 spec, 08 12.ii.2007, Andrade, R.; Gruta N 4E 11, (MZUSP) 2 spec, 20.x-01.xi.2006, Andrade, R.; Canaã dos Carajás (Equatorial Rainforest and " Campos Rupestres "), Iron Ore: Caverna ST 0030 (4), (UFMT) 1 spec, 04.ii.2016, BioEspeleo Consultoria Ambiental; Altamira (Equatorial Rainforest), Sandstone: Caverna Pedra da Cachoeira , (UFSCAR) 3 spec, 03.iv.2011, Bichuette, ME.; Abrigo do Abutre , (UFSCAR) 1 spec, 11.iv.2009, Bichuette, ME.; Caverna Pedra da Cachoeira , (UFSCAR) 1 spec, 03.iv.2011, Bichuette, ME., Gallão, JE., Pedroso, DR., von Schimonsky, DM.; Caverna Sugiro-Roncador, (UFSCAR) 1 spec, 02.iv.2011, Bichuette, ME., Gallão, JE., Pedroso, DR., Schimonsky, DM.; MATO GROSSO: Nobres (Cerrado), Limestone: Duto do Quebó, (UFSCAR) 1 spec, 23.ix.2015, Chagas-Jr, A., Bichuette, ME.; CEARÁ: Crato (Caatinga), Limestone: Pedra Fedorena, (UFSCAR) 1 spec, 15.vii.2002, Trajano, E., Bichuette, ME., Souza, L.; BAHIA: Paripiranga (Cattinga), Limestone: Caverna do Alto do Morro da Candeia, (UFSCAR) 1 spec, xi.2014, Gallão, JE., Bolfarini, MP., Rosendo, MJ., Moreira, R .

Taxonomic notes.

These specimens were damaged or lacked the ultimate pair of legs, precluding proper identification. They likely belong to more than one morphospecies. Mitochondrial sequence data might be a useful alternative for identifying Newportia species because it can accurately classify damaged specimens ( Edgecombe et al. 2015). These damaged specimens are listed for clarification of cave-centipede distribution.

Distribution.

The genus Newportia is widely distributed in the Neotropics, from central Mexico, through the Greater/Lesser Antilles, and occupying almost all of South America down to Uruguay. Records are from iron ore caves of Pará, sandstone caves of Mato Grosso, as well as limestone caves of Ceará and Bahia.