The centipedes (Arthropoda, Myriapoda, Chilopoda) from Colombia: Part I. Scutigeromorpha and Scolopendromorpha
Author
Chagas-Jr, Amazonas
amazonaschagas@gmail.com
Author
Chaparro, Elisa
Laboratorio Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, Butantã, CEP- 05503 - 900, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Author
Jiménez, Sebastián Galvis
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Author
Triana, Hernán Darío Triana
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Author
Flórez, Eduardo
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Author
Seoane, José Carlos Sícoli
Departamento de Geologia, Instituto de Geociências, CCMN, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 274 Cidade Universitaria, CEP- 21941 - 916, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-03-14
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133
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journal article
5833
10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.2
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Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) amazonae
Chamberlin, 1914
Material examined.
IAVH,
1 specimen
,
Putumayo
, PNN
La Paya, A
. Morales,
28–30-VII-
2002
, 320 m,
0º7'S
74º56'W
,
Cabaña
Viviano Cocha
; ICN-M.Ch-0140,
1 specimen
,
Vaupés
,
Estación Biológica Mosiro-Itajura
(Caparú),
J. Pinzón
, 2002–2004
.
Distribution.
Otostigmus amazonae
is known from high elevations in
Peru
such as Matucana (
2500–2600 m
) and San Bartolomé (
2000–2200 m
) (
Kraus 1957
;
Bücherl 1974
). We found it in
Colombia
only at low altitudes in the Amazonian Región as recorded here by
Chagas-Jr (2012)
for northern and western
Brazil
.
Altitudinal range.
177 to 320 m
.
Remarks.
The validity of this species is uncertain.