Newportiinae Pocock, 1896

Chagas-Junior, Amazonas, 2011, A review of the centipede genus Tidops Chamberlin (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae, Newportiinae), International Journal of Myriapodology 5, pp. 63-82 : 63-64

Subfamily Newportiinae Pocock, 1896

Diagnosis.

Median-sized to small scolopocryptopids, general body color brown, dark or pale yellow, cephalic plate reddish brown and legs yellow. Cephalic plate, te rgites and sternites normally smooth, with or without short incomplete sutures starting on the posterior border of the cephalic plate; with or without a pair of spiracles on the seventh pedal segment, last tergite always margined, sternites usually longer than wide, with coxopleural processes, ultimate legs elongated and relatively slender, prefemora of the ultimate legs with three or more and femur and tibia with or without spinous processes. Second tarsus divided in “pseudoarticles”.

Included genera.

Newportia and Tidops .

Distribution.

Neotropical.