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 text Zootaxa 2014 2014-03-14 3779 2 133 156 journal article 5833 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.2 add91096-4341-4cad-8dbb-4f2fa3dbd773 1175-5326 4910241 008B7919-D879-4270-ADA1-BFE054B8019A * 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.