Newportia oreina Chamberlin, 1915

Junior, Amazonas Chagas & Shelley, Rowland M., 2003, The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae), Zootaxa 379, pp. 1-20 : 15-16

Newportia oreina Chamberlin, 1915

Type locality. The label with the holotype ( MCZ, examined) states “ Hidalgo: Guerrero,” and Chamberlin (1915) cited both states in the description. They are around 170 mi ( 272 km) apart, and it is not possible to determine where the specimen originated. We cite below a new, confirmatory record of N. oreina from Hidalgo and consider Guerrero to be doubtful, placing a question mark there in fig. 17 .

Published records. Puebla: unspecified site along the Rio Frio, and Rio Frio at Pinar ( Chamberlin, 1943; Schileyko & Minelli, 1999).

New records. Hidalgo: 6 mi ( 9.6 km) N Zimapán, 8 January 1948, collector unknown ( NMNH­2 ) . Nuevo León: Cañon de Las Anacuas , ca. 14.2 mi ( 22.7 km) SW Linares, 19 July 1941, F. Bonet, D. Pelaez ( NMNH­1 ) . Oaxaca: 3.4 mi ( 5.4 km) S Suchixtapec, along rte. 175, 21 March 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead ( NMNH­1 ) ; and Santos Reyes Pápolo , 18 March 1989, A. Grubbs ( TMM 21161­1 ) . Querétaro: 6.4 mi ( 10.2 km) E Pinal de Amoles , 16 November 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead ( NMNH­2 ) ; Ajo de Ligura , 27–29 December 1974, C. Soileau ( TMM 21119­1 ) ; and 24.7 mi ( 39.5 km) E Landa de Matamoros , 18 March 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead ( NMNH­1 ) . San Luis Potosi: 19.3 mi ( 30.9 km) NW Tamazunchale, 20 November 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead ( NMNH­1 ) . Tamaulipas: Gómez Farias vicinity, 20–24 July 1965, Cornell Univ. expedition ( NMNH­1 ) ; 6 mi ( 9.6 km) NW Gómez Farias, Rancho del Cielo , 24 March 1967, R. W. Mitchell ( TMM 21147­3 ) and 9 March 1969, S. C. Fowler ( TMM 21146­1 ) ; Los San Pedros , on surface, 23–29 November 1986, D. Pate ( TMM 21113­1 ) ; and km 158 along hwy. 101, 22 February 1973, Mollhagen ( TMM 21145­1 ) . Veracruz: Fortin , 29 September 1965, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead ( NMNH­1 ) ; 13.2 mi ( 21.1 km) W Ciudad Mendoza , 22 June 1966, G. E. Ball, D. R. Whitehead ( NMNH­1 ) ; and Soledad Atzompa , 5–6 January 1975, J. R. Reddell ( TMM 21123­12 ) .

Remarks. Rancho del Cielo lies northwest of Gómez Farias and contains a dense concentration of around a dozen caves, although the specimens of N. oreina and, below, N. atoyaca , were encountered on the surface. It is located in the Sierra de Guatemala, which run in a north­south direction in southwestern Tamaulipas. A map and brief description of the area are provided by Reddell & Mitchell (1971 b).

Newportia oreina , misspelled as “ oriena ” by Schileyko and Minelli (1999), is the most widely distributed Mexican representative. An epigean species, it extends from central Tamaulipas to coastal Oaxaca, a distance of around 550 mi ( 880 km); east­west, the range is about 144 mi ( 230.4 km). The published record from the unspecified site on the Rio Frio in Puebla is the type locality for N. altimontis Chamberlin, 1943 , which was placed in synonymy by Schileyko & Minelli (1999).