Newportia phoretha Chamberlin, 1950

Chagas-Jr, Amazonas, Chaparro, Elisa, Jiménez, Sebastián Galvis, Triana, Hernán Darío Triana, Flórez, Eduardo & Seoane, José Carlos Sícoli, 2014, The centipedes (Arthropoda, Myriapoda, Chilopoda) from Colombia: Part I. Scutigeromorpha and Scolopendromorpha, Zootaxa 3779 (2), pp. 133-156 : 148

* Newportia phoretha Chamberlin, 1950

Material examined. ICN-M.Ch-0068, 1 specimen, Cundinamarca, La Calera, L. Estupiñan, D. Muñoz, 21-V- 1992, 3200 m; IAVH, 1 specimen, Boyacá, Villa de Leyva , SFF Iguaque, M. Ospina & A. Santamaría, 27-29-VII- 2002, 3250 m, 05º41'31''N 73º27'20,3''W, Pitfall; IAVH, 1 specimen, Cundinamarca, Fomeque, Vda. La Cristalina , PNN Chingaza I Quintero, M. Torres, 18-20-XI- 2003, 3220 m, 04º31'50''N 73º45'32''W, La Playa; IAVH, 1 specimen, Caldas, Manizales Vda. El Paraiso, L. E. Franco & E. Jimenez, 06-II- 2004, 3055 m, Winkler, Fca. El Paraiso ; IAVH, 1 specimen, Norte de Santander, Cucutilla, Vda. Carrizal, E. Gonzales, A. Pulido & A. Santamaría, 20-22-III-2002, 2600–2850 m, 07º27'N 72º50'W Sector Sisavita, Qda. Salinas .

Distribution. Newportia phoretha previously known only from Venezuela. In Colombia it occurs in high altitudes in the Andean Región.

Altitudinal range. 3055 to 3250 m.