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
3779
2
133
156
journal article
5833
10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.2
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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
.