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 * Rhysida longipes ( Newport, 1845 ) Material examined. ICN-M.Ch-0035, 2 specimens , Sucre , San Onofre, Boca Cerrada, Canal del Dique , G. Ulloa, 1-IV-2000 , Manglar . Distribution. This species is widely distributed in Africa, in Tanzania , Somalia , Chagos Archipelago, Madagascar and Mauritius . It has been introduced into Florida, USA , and in the Caribbean it is found in St.Kitts- Nevis and the Virgin Islands ( Shelley & Edwards 2004 ). In South America it has been recorded from urban areas of Venezuela (Caracas) and Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro city), where it is probably also an introduced species. In Colombia R. longipes was reported from a costal area in the Caribbean Región. Altitudinal range. Known only from a locality at 44 m .