Newportia (Newportia) phoreta Chamberlin, 1950

Chagas-Jr, Amazonas & Bichuette, Maria Elina, 2018, A synopsis of centipedes in Brazilian caves: hidden species diversity that needs conservation (Myriapoda, Chilopoda), ZooKeys 737, pp. 13-56 : 23

Newportia (Newportia) phoreta Chamberlin, 1950

Published records.

None.

Material examined.

PARÁ: Parauapebas ( Equatorial Rainforest and " Campos Rupestres "), Iron Ore: Gruta N 4E 005, (UFMT) 1 spec, 13.ii.2014, BioEspeleo Consultoria Ambiental; Gruta N 4E 26, (MZUSP) 1 spec, 08-12.ii.2007, Andrade, R .

Distribution.

Newportia phoreta is known from observations in Venezuela ( Schileyko and Minelli 1999) and Colombia ( Chagas-Jr et al. 2014), with the current study being the first Brazilian record. The species was found in only two iron ore caves from Pará, both part of a large huge iron mining project.

Conservation.

The new record and restricted distribution in Brazil put the species under a high level of local threat within the Carajás region.