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2947B55AFF8C1E354523FA7E7FCEFE8D.text	2947B55AFF8C1E354523FA7E7FCEFE8D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia troglobia Junior & Shelley 2003	<div><p>Newportia troglobia, new species</p> <p>Figs. 1–8.</p> <p>Type specimens. Holotype (NCSM, formerly TMM 34808) collected by P. Sprouse on 22– 28 November 1986 in Cueva del Tecolote, Los San Pedros, Guémez, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Paratypes from Cueva del Tecolote as follows: two (NCSM, formerly TMM 34802) collected by P. Sprouse on 24 November 1985; one (TMM 34800) taken on “ Chihue Freeway ” by D. Pate on 17 March 1989; one (TMM 34824) collected by D. Pate on 21 November 1984; one (FSCA, formerly TMM 34805) taken by S. Scheibner on 20 March 1989; and one (FSCA, formerly TMM 34806) collected by C. Savvas on 22 March 1993. One paratype (NCSM, formerly TMM 34807) collected by P. Sprouse on 30 December 1988 in Cueva del Llorona, Los San Pedros. Paratypes from Sistema de Purification cave system as follows: one (TMM 34826) from “Valhalla Section” collected by T. Tracy, P. Sprouse, &amp; L. Hose on 30 April 1980; one (TMM 34830) from “ World Beyond ” collected by P. Sprouse on 26 November 1979; one (FSCA, formerly TMM 34823) from unspecified section collected by P. Sprouse on 18 April 1980; two (FSCA, formerly TMM 34819) from “ Sumidero de Oyamel ” collected by L. Witt on 20 April 1980; one (NMNH, formerly TMM 34820) from along “ Dragon River ” taken by S. Robertson on 22 May 1980; one (MNRJ, formerly TMM 34826) from along “ Valkyrie River ” taken by P. Sprouse on 21 March 1981; and one (MNRJ, formerly TMM 34829) from “upstream World Beyond ” collected by T. Tracy, P. Sprouse, &amp; J. Liebers on 26 November 1979.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Cephalic plate without sutures, caudal margin overlain by 1 st tergite. Latter without procurved sulcus. Lateral tergal depressions present from 2 nd through 22nd tergites, terminating short of anterior and caudal margins. Sterna without spurs. Coxopleural processes short, with short terminal spines. Tibiae and tarsi without spurs; claws prolonged, with one long accessory spine apiece. Ultimate prefemora and femora with three and two, or two and three, small, indistinct, submidventral spines, respectively; tarsi divided into ca. 58 indistinct pseudosegments.</p> <p>Description. Body length 40 mm, maximum width 2.0 mm at tergite 13. General color of body, legs, and antennae white, cephalic plate light yellow; a few specimens uniformly light yellow. Cephalic plate: short, smooth, without puncta but with hairs, wider than long, margins straight to slightly curved, without sutures, caudal margin overlain by 1st tergite (Fig. 1). Antennae: reaching back to segment six, right antenna with 17 articles, left with 18; first two antennomeres sparsely setose, remaining articles with dense coat of fine, short pubescence on dorsal surface; two most proximal articles shorter than 3rd and more distal ones. Coxosternum: anterior margin straight, without tooth plates, with a few scattered hairs. Forcipules: with indistinct enlargements on trochanteroprefemora (Fig. 2). Tergites: smooth, glabrous to moderately hirsute. First tergite with sulcus arising short of lateral margins at ¼ length, angling caudad to midline, giving rise to short, caudally directed, middorsal sulcus at midlength, in turn giving rise to two short, angled, asymmetrical sulci terminating well before caudal margin (Fig. 1). Complete paramedian sulci and incomplete lateral depressions present from 2nd through 22nd tergites, sulci stronger near caudal tergal margins, lateral depressions terminating short of anterior and caudal margins (Fig. 3). Ultimate tergite shorter than preceding, without sulci, with lateral carinae. Sternites: smooth, glabrous to moderately hirsute, without spurs, with longitudinal median depressions on 4th to 21st sterna, terminating short of anterior and caudal margins (Fig. 4). Ultimate sternite shorter than preceding, narrowing slightly caudad, caudal margin straight or slightly extended in midline (Fig. 5). Coxopleural processes: short and acuminate, with short terminal spines, pore fields terminating short of tergal borders (Figs. 5–6). Leg pairs 1–22: Long and slender, 4x lengths of corresponding tergites, prefemora and femora expanding slightly at distal extremities, tibiae and tarsi without spurs, with one long accessory spine at base of each claw, about half as long as claw, latter long, slender, and gently curved; tarsi of 1st legs undivided, those of legs 2–22 divided into 1st and 2nd tarsi, 1 st tarsi subequal in length to or longer than tibiae. Ultimate legs: lengths 19 mm; prefemora and femora with three and two, or two and three, small, indistinct, submidventral spines, respectively (Figs. 7–8); tibiae without spines. Tarsi with scattered long hairs that disappear around 10 th pseudosegment; first tarsi shorter than tibiae; second tarsi divided into ca. 58 indistinct pseudosegments, first pseudotarsi longest.</p> <p>Ecology. Newportia troglobia inhabits damp stream passages in remote sections of the dark zones of caves; individuals were observed crawling on clay banks and flowstones. The centipedes are fragile, weakly sclerotized, and easily damaged during collection.</p> <p>Distribution. Known only from the localities of the holotype and paratypes, which are collectively ca. 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas (Fig. 17, star in dot). They are the first records of Newportia from this state, and we also report N. oreina Chamberlin, 1915, and N. atoyaca and morela, both by Chamberlin, 1943, from Tamaulipas in ensuing accounts.</p> <p>Etymology: The species name reflects this centipede’s apparent status as an obligate troglobite; it has only been encountered deep in the dark zones of caves.</p> <p>Remarks. Newportia troglobia is an extremely narrow newportiine, and it possesses greatly elongated antennae and legs, standard anatomical modifications for subterranean life. However, in this species even the claws and accessory claws are significantly prolonged, as are the spurs on all legs except the ultimate pair. We do not believe that N. troglobia can survive in surface environments, in contrast to Theatops phanus Chamberlin, 1951 (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae: Plutoniuminae) in Texas (Chamberlin, 1951; Shelley,1997, 2002), which occurs close to cave entrances—beneath a stone on the bottom of the first drop (an unnamed cave near Sonora, Sutton County) and on silt 60 m (200 ft) from the entrance (Longley Cave, Terrell County). Cavernicolous specimens of T. phanus exhibit elongate antennae and legs, but the appendages are much shorter in epigean individuals.</p> <p>At 5.3 mi (28,126 ft., 93,755 m) in length and 286 ft (953 m) deep, Sistema de Purificacion is the second longest and one of the deepest cave systems in Mexico (J. Reddell, pers. com). It includes three smaller caves that were originally believed to be separate but are now known to connect: Cueva del Brinco, Cueva del Infiernillo, and Sumidero de Oyamel. There are several sections to Sistema de Purificacion, Valkyrie, with the Valkyrie River running through it, and Valhalla being two in which N. troglobia has been encountered. Other sections in Sistema de Purificacion where the centipede was discovered include along the Dragon River, a major stream in a separate part of the cave, “World Beyond,” a large, extremely remote passage with a stream running through it, and “Upstream World Beyond,” the upper part of the latter. Cueva del Tecolote and Cueva del Llorona also are large caves that are still being explored and may eventually be found to interconnect with each other and with Sistema de Purificacion; at present, they are separated by several kilometers. Cueva del Tecolote is 2.3 mi (12,232 ft., 40,775 m) long and 127 ft (424 m) deep, and “Chihue Freeway,” where N. troglobia was taken, is a major internal passage.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF8C1E354523FA7E7FCEFE8D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF871E394523FEC47DCEFC5D.text	2947B55AFF871E394523FEC47DCEFC5D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia sabina Chamberlin 1942	<div><p>Newportia sabina Chamberlin, 1942</p> <p>Figs. 9–16.</p> <p>Newportia sabina Chamberlin, 1942: 4; 1943: 9. Bücherl, 1959: 231, 235. Reddell &amp; Mitchell, 1971 a:150. Schileyko &amp; Minelli, 1999:291.</p> <p>Type specimen. Holotype (NMNH, examined) collected by C. Bolivar, B. Osorio, and M. Cardenas in July 1942 in Cueva de Los Sabinos, ca. 12.5 mi (20 km) NNE Ciudad Valles, Sierra de el Abra, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Cephalic plate with two short, paramedian sutures arising from caudal border; caudal margin overlying 1 st tergite. Latter with prominent, transverse, procurved sulcus. Lateral tergal depressions present from 3 rd to 22 nd tergites, extending caudad from anterior margins but terminating before caudal margins. Sterna of segments 17–22 with short spurs anteriolaterad. Coxopleural processes prolonged, terminating in strong spines, with four shorter spines along ventral margins, one on caudal margin, and one in caudal part of right pore field. Tibiae of legs 2–20 with two distal spurs; claws not prolonged, legs 1–22 with two accessory spines at bases of claws. Ultimate prefemora with 4 and 7 strong, distinct, ventral spines on left and right legs, respectively, femora with 3 ventral spines; left tarsus with 39 distinct pseudosegments, right tarsus with 44.</p> <p>Description. Body length 67 mm, maximum width 3.5 mm at tergite 16. General color of body, legs, and antennae light yellow, cephalic plate light chestnut. Cephalic plate: glabrous, longer than wide, sides slightly curved, with two short, paramedian sutures arising from caudal border; puncta sparse and shallow; caudal margin overlying 1st tergite (Fig. 9). Antennae: reaching back to segment six, with 17 antennomeres, articles 1 and 2, and ventral side of 3 rd, sparsely hirsute; remaining articles with dense, fine pubescence. Coxosternum: with a few hairs, without tooth plates. Forcipules: trochanteroprefemora with short, blunt teeth (Fig. 10). Tergites: smooth and glabrous. First tergite with transverse procurved sulcus giving rise to paired furcate sulci extending caudad and forming “W­shaped” configuration, with two paired sulci arising from base of former, angling slightly caudolaterad to caudal margin (Fig. 9). Complete paramedian sulci present on tergites 2–22; lateral depressions present from 3rd to 22nd tergites, terminating before anterior and caudal margins (Fig. 11). Ultimate tergite shorter than preceding, without sulci, with lateral carinae. Sternites: smooth, sterna 1–16 with a few short, scattered hairs anteriad, otherwise glabrous (Fig. 12); 17 th –22 nd sterna with a few short spurs anteriolaterad, with median depressions on 4 th –21 st sterna, terminating short of anterior and caudal margins. Ultimate sternite shorter than preceding, narrowing caudad, caudal border indented mediad (Fig. 13). Coxopleural process: prolonged and acuminate, terminating in a strong spine, with four shorter spines along ventral margins, one spine on caudal margin, and another spine in caudal part of right pore field; latter nearly covering entire coxopleurae (Figs. 13–14). Leg pairs 1–22: long and slender, ca. 2–3x lengths of corresponding tergites. First legs with one distolateral tibial spur apiece, tarsi undivided, without spurs. Tibiae of legs 2–20 with two distal spurs (one lateral and one ventral), those of 21st legs with one ventral spur, those of 22nd legs without spurs; legs 1–22 with two accessory spines at bases of claws, about half as long as claws, latter gently curved, not noticeably prolonged. Ultimate legs: lengths 21 mm; prefemora with 4 and 7 strong, distinct, ventral spines on left and right legs, respectively, largest much shorter than podomere diameters, distalmost positioned slightly more ventrad than others; femora with 3 ventral spines (Figs. 15–16); tibiae without spines. Tarsi with moderately dense pilosities; first tarsi shorter than tibiae; left second tarsus with 39 distinct pseudosegments, right second tarsus with 44.</p> <p>Ecology. No habitat information is available for N. sabina, and the locations within Cueva de Los Sabinos and El Sotano de Yerbaniz where the species was found are unknown.</p> <p>Distribution. Known from the type locality and the following additional cave in the Sierra de el Abra (Fig. 17):</p> <p>San Luis Potosi: 14.1 mi (22.5 km) N Ciudad Valles, El Sotano de Yerbaniz, 8 January 1971, W. Elliott, J. Shepperd (TMM 34840­1).</p> <p>Remarks. Chamberlin (1943) repeated the type locality data, and Nicholas (1962) and Reddell &amp; Mitchell (1971 a) cited the species as occurring in Cueva de Los Sabinos. The Sierra de el Abra is a low lying mountain range extending roughly 100 mi (160 km) in a north­south direction from the Rio Tampaon, south of Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi, to the Rio Guayalejo, in southwestern Tamaulipas. Details of the mountains and caves, and a map of the area, are provided by Reddell &amp; Mitchell (1971 a).</p> <p>While N. sabina is also known only from caves, it is a larger, more heavily sclerotized, and more robust centipede than N. troglobia. The caudal legs and antennae are essentially as long as those of N. troglobia, but the other legs are noticeably shorter as are the claws and accessory claws. Whereas the spines on the caudal legs of N. troglobia are small, weak, and inconspicuous, those of N. sabina are strong, distinct, and more typical of surface species of Newportia. While N. troglobia exhibits the aura of an obligate troglobite, N. sabina appears more like an epigean species and less “cave adapted.” We believe that N. troglobia is restricted to subterranean environments, but N. sabina, like T. phanus, may be able to survive in epigean biotopes. Future collectors should investigate surface habitats in this region of San Luis Potosi for possible specimens.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF871E394523FEC47DCEFC5D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF831E3E4523FC9E7C59FD4D.text	2947B55AFF831E3E4523FC9E7C59FD4D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia azteca Humbert & Saussure 1869	<div><p>Newportia azteca Humbert &amp; Saussure, 1869</p> <p>Newportia azteca Humbert &amp; Saussure, 1869:158; 1872:137, pl. 6, figs. 20, 20d, v, w. Pocock, 1896:32–33. Attems, 1930:275, 284.</p> <p>Type locality. Veracruz, Córdoba (type not examined). In the original account, the only locality Humbert &amp; Saussure (1969) gave was eastern Mexico in general (“ Mexico orientalis”); Córdoba was specified in the second publication (Humbert &amp; Saussure, 1872). As Pocock (1896) and Attems (1930, in both accounts, on pages 275 and 284) cited Córdoba, it is considered the type locality.</p> <p>Published records. None.</p> <p>New records. None</p> <p>Remarks. Newportia azteca was proposed in a standard description at that time, though without a specific locality or illustrations; three years later, Humbert &amp; Saussure (1872) provided a lengthier description with illustrations and cited Córdoba. Pocock (1896) recognized N. azteca but stated that it might be “the same” as N. spinipes, which he described in the next account. However, Pocock also countered this statement by noting that if the spinulation of the caudal legs in Humbert &amp; Saussure’s illustration (1872, fig. 20w) was accurate, N. azteca differed from the other species then known and was valid. Kraepelin (1903) considered N. azteca to be a questionable synonym of N. spinipes, and Attems (1930) cited N. azteca twice, the second time stating that it was probably the same as N. spinipes. Schileyko and Minelli (1999) did not recognize N. azteca as either a valid species or a synonym of N. spinipes, stating in the narrative that they considered its true identity to be doubtful. However, the fact remains that N. azteca is the third oldest name in Newportia (behind N. longitarsis and mexicana) and holds priority by 27 years over N. spinipes, so the latter is potentially a synonym of N. azteca, not the reverse. We compared Pocock’s (1896) analysis of the ultimate leg spinulation against Humbert &amp; Saussure’s drawing, and while seeing what he refers to, do not think that any conclusion can be reached from this small published figure. The type of Scolopendrides mexicana Saussure is not at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland, where most of Saussures types are deposited, and seemingly is lost, but two syntypes of N. azteca are there that were apparently preserved in a dry state and later transferred to alcohol, so they may not be in good condition (P. Schwendinger, pers. com.). These syntypes must be examined and compared with the type of N. spinipes (probably at the Natural History Museum, London, if it exists), and collecting is needed at Córdoba to gather a topotype of S. mexicana and determine whether one or two species occur there. Until then, N. mexicana, azteca, and spinipes must be recognized.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF831E3E4523FC9E7C59FD4D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF831E3F4523FEC47DCCFD3A.text	2947B55AFF831E3F4523FEC47DCCFD3A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia mexicana (Saussure 1858)	<div><p>Newportia mexicana (Saussure, 1858)</p> <p>Type locality. Veracruz, Córdoba (type not known to exist).</p> <p>Published records. None</p> <p>New records. None.</p> <p>Remarks. Schileyko and Minelli (1999) questioned whether this species is valid, but as the second oldest name in the genus, the only one that it can be junior to is N. longitarsis (Newport, 1845), whose type locality is St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles, some 2,400 mi (3,840 km) ESE of Córdoba. Because of this distance and the fact that the names were proposed for forms in different physiographic regions, we believe that N. mexicana must be considered a valid species and the senior name for Mexican representatives, although unassignable with certainty at present to a particular species.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF831E3F4523FEC47DCCFD3A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF821E3D4523FD247F61FE05.text	2947B55AFF821E3D4523FD247F61FE05.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia stolli (Pocock 1896)	<div><p>Newportia stolli (Pocock, 1896)</p> <p>Type locality. Guatemala, Quetzaltenango (type not examined).</p> <p>Published Mexican records. Chiapas and Campeche in general (Schileyko &amp; Minelli, 1999).</p> <p>New records. Campeche: Xpuhil, ruins of Becán, 5 June 1975, R. B. Wade (TMM 21139 ­1) and ruins of Chicana, 3 December 1979, R. B. Wade (TMM 21129 ­1). Chiapas: Mt. El Seuspira, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 27 June 1958, N. B. Causey (FSCA­1); 6 mi (9.6 km) E Teopisca, Rancho Nuevo, 19 August 1967, J. R. Reddell, J. Fish, T. Evans (TMM­2); 33.7 mi (53.9 km) N Huixtla, 27 February 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1); San Cristóbal las Casas, 31 August 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­2); 5 mi (8 km) W San Cristóbal las Casas, 24 August 1966, J. &amp; W. Ivie (AMNH­1); 8.6 mi (13.8 km) E San Cristóbal las Casas, 5 September 1965 &amp; 28 June 1972, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­ca. 15); 10 mi (16 km) E San Cristóbal las Casas, 10 December 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­10); 6 mi (9.6 km) SE San Cristóbal las Casas, Rancho Nuevo, 1 September 1967, G. E. Ball, T. Erwin, H. B. Leech (NMNH­4); and San Quintin, 5–20 December 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­12). Veracruz: N of San Andres Tuxtla, slopes of Volcan San Martin, 20 July–1 August 1959, W. T. Keeton, B. D. Valentine, Lund (NMNH 9).</p> <p>Remarks. Newportia stolli is exclusively epigean and was cited from Guatemala and Colombia (Bücherl, 1959) before it was reported from Mexico. Schileyko &amp; Minelli (1999) did not state what their general record was based on nor mention a region of Campeche, but we confirm occurrence in the state with the two samples from Xpuhil. To our knowledge, these are the first definite records of the Scolopendromorpha from the Yucatan peninsula.</p> <p>The southernmost generic representative in Mexico, N. stolli occupies two disjunct areas, a band that extends widthwise across the country from the Pacific Coast in Chiapas for an unknown distance in the Yucatan, and a site some 200 mi (320 km) to the northeast in Veracruz (Fig. 17). At present, the southern records are detached from the other species, but we suspect this reflects inadequate sampling in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Tabasco, eastern Veracruz and Oaxaca, and western Chiapas). While sympatric species may occur in eastern and southern Chiapas, a substantial amount of sampling has taken place there, to the point that we think other representatives would have been encountered by now if they existed.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF821E3D4523FD247F61FE05	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF811E3D4523FDF17AAAFA55.text	2947B55AFF811E3D4523FDF17AAAFA55.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia spinipes Pocock 1896	<div><p>Newportia spinipes Pocock, 1896</p> <p>Type locality. Guerrero, Omilteme (type not examined).</p> <p>Published records. Guerrero: Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas (Pocock, 1896). Nuevo León: Monterrey, Chipinque (Chamberlin, 1943; Schileyko &amp; Minelli, 1999).</p> <p>New records. Guerrero: Omilteme, 14 July 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­2).</p> <p>Remarks. Chipinque, sometimes called “Chipinque Mesa,” is an ecological reserve that was once outside of Monterrey, but the city has grown and now encompasses this site (J. Bueno Villegas, pers. com.).</p> <p>Omilteme is an important myriapod locality, as Pocock (1895–1910) described seven species of centipedes and 22 of millipeds from this site that were collected by Herbert H. Smith around 1888. Its precise location in Guerrero has never been certain, but our colleague R. L. Hoffman chanced upon this information while perusing library journals. According to Goldman (1951), Omilteme is a small cattle ranch at 7,200 ft (2,160 m) elevation on the western side of the Sierra Madre del Sur in central Guerrero (17°30’N, 99°40’W), approximately 16 mi (25.6 km) west­southwest of Chilpancingo, and two additional specimens of N. spinipes were taken there in 1966, 70 years after the type collection. The literature record from Nuevo León, some 530 mi (848 km) to the north, requires confirmation with fresh material, as we did not find the sample in any of the aforementioned repositories. We suspect it to be a misidentification of another species and omit it from fig. 17. Consequently, Omilteme is the only confirmed locality for N. spinipes.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF811E3D4523FDF17AAAFA55	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF811E3C4523FA3C7D6FFA95.text	2947B55AFF811E3C4523FA3C7D6FFA95.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia oreina Chamberlin 1915	<div><p>Newportia oreina Chamberlin, 1915</p> <p>Type locality. The label with the holotype (MCZ, examined) states “ Hidalgo: Guerrero,” and Chamberlin (1915) cited both states in the description. They are around 170 mi (272 km) apart, and it is not possible to determine where the specimen originated. We cite below a new, confirmatory record of N. oreina from Hidalgo and consider Guerrero to be doubtful, placing a question mark there in fig. 17.</p> <p>Published records. Puebla: unspecified site along the Rio Frio, and Rio Frio at Pinar (Chamberlin, 1943; Schileyko &amp; Minelli, 1999).</p> <p>New records. Hidalgo: 6 mi (9.6 km) N Zimapán, 8 January 1948, collector unknown (NMNH­2). Nuevo León: Cañon de Las Anacuas, ca. 14.2 mi (22.7 km) SW Linares, 19 July 1941, F. Bonet, D. Pelaez (NMNH­1). Oaxaca: 3.4 mi (5.4 km) S Suchixtapec, along rte. 175, 21 March 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1); and Santos Reyes Pápolo, 18 March 1989, A. Grubbs (TMM 21161 ­1). Querétaro: 6.4 mi (10.2 km) E Pinal de Amoles, 16 November 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­2); Ajo de Ligura, 27–29 December 1974, C. Soileau (TMM 21119 ­1); and 24.7 mi (39.5 km) E Landa de Matamoros, 18 March 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1). San Luis Potosi: 19.3 mi (30.9 km) NW Tamazunchale, 20 November 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1). Tamaulipas: Gómez Farias vicinity, 20–24 July 1965, Cornell Univ. expedition (NMNH­1); 6 mi (9.6 km) NW Gómez Farias, Rancho del Cielo, 24 March 1967, R. W. Mitchell (TMM 21147 ­3) and 9 March 1969, S. C. Fowler (TMM 21146 ­1); Los San Pedros, on surface, 23–29 November 1986, D. Pate (TMM 21113 ­1); and km 158 along hwy. 101, 22 February 1973, Mollhagen (TMM 21145 ­1). Veracruz: Fortin, 29 September 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1); 13.2 mi (21.1 km) W Ciudad Mendoza, 22 June 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1); and Soledad Atzompa, 5–6 January 1975, J. R. Reddell (TMM 21123 ­12).</p> <p>Remarks. Rancho del Cielo lies northwest of Gómez Farias and contains a dense concentration of around a dozen caves, although the specimens of N. oreina and, below, N. atoyaca, were encountered on the surface. It is located in the Sierra de Guatemala, which run in a north­south direction in southwestern Tamaulipas. A map and brief description of the area are provided by Reddell &amp; Mitchell (1971 b).</p> <p>Newportia oreina, misspelled as “ oriena ” by Schileyko and Minelli (1999), is the most widely distributed Mexican representative. An epigean species, it extends from central Tamaulipas to coastal Oaxaca, a distance of around 550 mi (880 km); east­west, the range is about 144 mi (230.4 km). The published record from the unspecified site on the Rio Frio in Puebla is the type locality for N. altimontis Chamberlin, 1943, which was placed in synonymy by Schileyko &amp; Minelli (1999).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF811E3C4523FA3C7D6FFA95	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF801E3C4523FA7C7A00F8A2.text	2947B55AFF801E3C4523FA7C7A00F8A2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia pelaezi Chamberlin 1942	<div><p>Newportia pelaezi Chamberlin, 1942</p> <p>Type locality. Nuevo León: Bustamente, Gruta del Palmito (Holotype at NMNH, examined).</p> <p>Published records. None.</p> <p>New records. None.</p> <p>Remarks. Known only from the type locality, N. pelaezi is the northernmost species in the genus; Chamberlin (1943) reiterated the type locality, and Nicholas (1962) noted that this cave was the only known site. The holotype, a juvenile, has unique, forked, paramedian sulci on tergite 1, but its anatomical characteristics may not be completely developed. Because of this feature, Schileyko &amp; Minelli (1999) retained N. pelaezi as a valid species, as do we. An adult is needed to accurately diagnose this species.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF801E3C4523FA7C7A00F8A2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF9F1E234523FEC47F5CFA32.text	2947B55AFF9F1E234523FEC47F5CFA32.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia atoyaca Chamberlin 1943	<div><p>Newportia atoyaca Chamberlin, 1943</p> <p>Type locality. Veracruz, Atoyac (holotype at NMNH, examined).</p> <p>Published records. Veracruz: Fortin (Chamberlin, 1943; Schileyko &amp; Minelli, 1999).</p> <p>New records. Nuevo León: 10.2 mi (16.3 km) E San Roberto Jct., along rte. 60, 20 October 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1). Oaxaca: 38.2 mi (61.1 km) S Valle Nacional, 16 August 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­2); 22.2 mi (35.5 km) S San Padro Juchatengo, 22 July 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­3); and 13.3 mi (21.3 km) N Oaxaca, along rte. 175, 12 August 1972, G. E. Ball (NMNH­1). Querétaro: 7.8 mi (12.5 km) E Landa de Matamoros, 18 November 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­2). San Luis Potosi: 24.7 mi (39.5 km) W Landa de Matamoros, 19 September 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1). Tamaulipas: 20.6 mi (33.0 km) E Villa de Casas, 27 October 1965 &amp; 5 July 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­8); 6 mi (9.6 km) NW Gómez Farias, Rancho del Cielo, 3 June 1967, R. W. Mitchell (TMM 21148 ­2); 3 mi (4.8 km) S Gómez Farias, Marcimento del Rio Frio, 12 March 1969, J. R. Reddell (TMM 21116 ­1); 31 mi (49.6 km) SW Soto la Marina, 31 October 1970, W. H. Russell, G. &amp; J. Ediger (TMM 21118 ­1); 48 mi (76.8 km) S Ciudad Victoria, 22 January 1976, Y. Brown (TMM 21114 ­1); Conrado Castillo, Cueva X, 22 October 1979, T. Tracy (TMM 34821 ­1); and Nacimento del Rio Purificacion, on surface, 7 April 1980, P. Sprouse (TMM 21143 ­1). Veracruz: Totoloutla, Sumidero de Cotz Alortoc, 15 February 1983, S. Robertson, J. P. Ackerman, G. Provin (TMM 34812 ­2); near hwy. 150 (rd. between Puebla and Córdoba), 7 January 1976, C. Wilkinson (TMM 21151 ­1); Fortin, 28 September 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­3); 8 mi (12.8 km) W San Miguel, 10 July 1959, W. T. Keeton, B. D. Valentine (NMNH­2).</p> <p>Remarks. Though occurring in both cave and epigean habitats, N. atoyaca is primarily a surface centipede. It is the second most widely distributed species of Newportia in Mexico after N. oreina, spanning some 530 mi (848 km), north­south, and around 168 mi (268.8 km), east­west. The ranges of the two species are similar, and they are the dominant representatives in central Mexico. They differ solely in the number of pseudotarsi on the ultimate legs, N. oreina having 5–8 and N. atoyaca having 11–12, and may be synonyms.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF9F1E234523FEC47F5CFA32	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
2947B55AFF9F1E224523F9E67FC3FDA5.text	2947B55AFF9F1E224523F9E67FC3FDA5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Newportia morela Chamberlin 1943	<div><p>Newportia morela Chamberlin, 1943</p> <p>Type locality. Morelos: Tepoxtlan (holotype at NMNH, examined).</p> <p>Published records. None.</p> <p>New records. Tamaulipas: 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Los San Pedros, Guémez, Cueva de las Quitanueves, 13 April 1982, P. Sprouse (TMM­1); 6 mi (9.6 km) NW Gómez Farias, Rancho del Cielo, 3 June 1967, R. W. Mitchell (TMM­1); ca. 7 mi (11.2 km) NW Gómez Farias, near Rancho del Cielo, Cueva de la Mina, 24 March 1967, R. W. Mitchell (TMM1). San Luis Potosi: ca. 18 mi (28.8 km) E Ciudad del Maíz, 3 September 1969, D. R. Whitehead (NMNH­1).</p> <p>Remarks. Newportia morela also occurs in cave and epigean habitats. In the Rancho del Cielo area, Tamaulipas, individuals were found on the surface and in Cueva de la Mina (see map in Reddell &amp; Mitchell, 1971 b, p. 200). Although the type locality is in Morelos, the new samples, from some 220–340 mi (320–544 km) to the north, all keyed out to N. morela in Schileyko and Minneli (1999) and are compatible with the holotype. Either N. morela occupies two disjunct areas, or considerable sampling is needed to document it from the hiatus.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2947B55AFF9F1E224523F9E67FC3FDA5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Junior, Amazonas Chagas;Shelley, Rowland M.	Junior, Amazonas Chagas, Shelley, Rowland M. (2003): The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa 379: 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.379.1.1
