Newportia (Newportides) pilosa González-Sponga, 1997

Chagas-Jr, Amazonas, 2018, A review of Newportia species in the subgenus Newportides Chamberlin, 1921 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae, Newportiinae), Zootaxa 4403 (1), pp. 154-170 : 162-166

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Newportia (Newportides) pilosa González-Sponga, 1997 View in CoL

( Figures 30–47 View FIGURES 30–33 View FIGURES 34–49 )

Newportia (Newportides) pilosa: González-Sponga, 1997: 40 View in CoL , Figs 13, 16 View FIGURES 12–17 ; Newportia (Newportides) guaiquinimensis: González-Sponga, 2000: 118 View in CoL , Figs 9a, d View FIGURES9–11 ; nov. syn.; Newportia amazonica: Schileyko & Stagl, 2004: 272 View in CoL .

Type material examined. Newportia pilosa : syntype MIZA (0015993, ex. MAGS 412 ), Venezuela, Ed. Bolivar, Piar, Rio Caruay, 21 Km from Kavanayen (925 m), collected in i.1989 by R. Graterol and M. Reggio;

Newportia guaiquinimensis : Syntype MIZA (0016065, ex. MAGS 546 ), Venezuela, Ed. Bolivar, Raul Leoni, Cerro Guaiquinima, Campamento 1 (1344 m), 1 specimen collected in 19.ii.1990 by M. A. González-Sponga.

Additional material examined. IBSP (3640, 3647), Brazil, Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Pico da Neblina, Laje 1550 m, 1 specimen collected in 2.x.2007 and other collected in 3.x.2007 both by D. Candiani ; IBSP (3639), Brazil, Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Pico da Neblina, Laje 1550 m, 2 specimens collected in 2.x.2007 by N. Hung ; IBSP (3643), Brazil, Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Pico da Neblina, Laje 2400 m, 1 specimen collected in 11.x.2007 by N. Hung ; NHMW (1571), Brasilien, Untl. D. Amazonas, Taperinha ? Bei Santarém, leg. & Don. Zerny, 1927. Det. Attems as Newportia unguifer .

Remarks on type material. González-Sponga (2000) indicated three type specimens of N. guaiquinimensis , but only one specimen was found in the collection.

Diagnosis. Legs 1–20 with lateral tibial spurs, and 21 and 22 without tibial spurs. Femur of ultimate legs with one large spinous process; ultimate tarsus 1 equals tibia, longer than tarsus 2; basal part of tarsus 1 not divided into articles, but the distal part, not divided, with some shallow mosaic sutures; tarsus 2 without division.

Redescription of syntype. Length: 25.7 mm; ultimate legs 11.10 mm. Antennae reaching to posterior margin of tergite 3; antennae with 17 articles; two basal articles and ventral half of third article glabrous, but with some long scattered setae (1 to 6). Cephalic plate smooth, somewhat longer than wide (1.7 mm / 1.6 mm) ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 30–33 ); with a short anterior sulcus and incomplete paramedian sutures reaching to half ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 30–33 ).

Anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite slightly convex in the middle; coxosternal tooth-plates wide, elongate, and chitinised ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 30–33 ). Coxosternite with a short median suture ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 30–33 ). Distal denticle of forcipular trochanteroprefemur very short.

Tergites smooth; tergite 1 with an anterior transverse suture and complete paramedian sutures ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 34–49 ), that cross the anterior transverse suture (not crosses); tergite 2 with incomplete paramedian sutures and 2 incomplete lateral sutures (two short sulci on posterior border)( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 34–49 ); tergites 3–4 with oblique sutures ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 34–49 ) tergites 3– 22 with complete paramedian sutures (Figs, 35, 36, 37); tergites 3–19 (3–20) with lateral longitudinal sutures ( Fig. 37 View FIGURES 34–49 ); tergites 5–19 (4–11) with a low median longitudinal keel; only tergite 23 (22–23) marginated, with posterior margin medially convex ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 34–49 ). Sternites smooth; sternites 2–21 with an incomplete median longitudinal sulcus ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 34–49 ); sternites 2–20 with short incomplete lateral sutures on the anterior margin (not described) ( Figs 41, 42 View FIGURES 34–49 ).

Sternite 23 shorter than sternite 22, trapeziform, with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 34–49 ). Coxopleuron almost entirely covered by pore-field, only coxopleural process and a narrow area bordering posterior margin of coxopleuron remaining poreless; coxopleural processes long (3/4 sternite 23).

Legs 1–20 with small setae; legs 21–22 and prefemora of ultimate legs glabrous; legs 1–20 (4–20) with lateral tibial spurs ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 34–49 ). Legs 1–22 without tarsal spurs. Prefemur of right ultimate leg with 3 large ventral spinous processes and of left leg with 4 ( Figs 44, 45 View FIGURES 34–49 ); femur of ultimate legs with 1 large spinous process ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 34–49 ); tibia equals tarsus 1, and longer than tarsus 2 ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 34–49 ); with tarsus 1 and tarsus 2 (narrow tarsi, with three segments and a distal claw); basal part of tarsus 1 not divided into articles, but the distal part with some shallow mosaic lines, but without division ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 34–49 ); tarsus 2 without division ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 34–49 ); tarsus 2 with a well-developed claw-shaped pretarsus ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 34–49 ).

Remarks on variation. Length: from 19.50 to 33 mm; ultimate legs 7.5 to 11.9 mm. Color: body and legs yellowish; cephalic plate and forcipular coxosternite light reddish brown. Prefemur of ultimate legs usually with 4 ventral spinous processes, but in some specimens with 3 ventral spinous processes, or 3 in the right and 4 in the left legs.

Remarks on synonymy. Newportia guaiquinimensis is here considered a junior synonym of N. pilosa because of the characters of the ultimate legs. In both species, the prefemur of ultimate legs has 3 or 4 large ventral spinous processes and the femur has one large ventral spinous process. The tarsi of N. guaiquinimensis and N. pilosa are also similar. The basal part of tarsus 1 is not divided into pseudo-articles, but the distal part presents some lines. Tarsus 2 has no divisions. Locomotory legs 1–20 of N. pilosa and N. guaiquinimensis both have lateral tibial spurs.