Newportia longitarsis guadeloupensis Demange, 1981

Schileyko, Arkady, Iorio, Etienne & Coulis, Mathieu, 2024, A synthesis on the scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) of Martinique, with description of Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) amicitia n. sp. and new data on some Neotropical scolopendromorphs, Zootaxa 5486 (4), pp. 563-599 : 591-592

Newportia longitarsis guadeloupensis Demange, 1981

Locus typicus: Matouba, Guadeloupe Island, Lesser Antilles.

Recent material from Martinique. 1 spm, TE, Case-Pilote, Morne Rose, PF, 578 m a.s.l., lat.14,67332, long. - 61,127 54, leg. MC, 31.01.2018 ( CAEC, 85); 1 spm, HC, Les Trois-Ilets, Morne Bigot, PF, 408 m a.s.l., lat.14,51719, long. -61,06653, leg. MC, 18.11.2018 ( CAEC, 814); 2 spms, HC, Diamant, Morne Larcher, SF, 457 m a.s.l., lat.14,46459, long. -61,05466, leg. MC, 02.01.2019 ( CAEC, 32); 1 spm, TE, Bellefontaine, Cheval blanc, SF, 300 m a.s.l., lat.14,66632, long. -61,14524, leg. MC, 22.09.2016 ( CAEC, 72); 1 spm, TE, Bellefontaine, Cheval blanc, SF, 300 m a.s.l., lat.14,66632, long. -61,14524, leg. MC, 23.12.2016 ( CAEC, 73); 1 spm, TE, Bellefontaine, Bois La Roche, SF, 477 m a.s.l., lat.14,67036, long. -61,13217, leg. MC, 22.01.2016 ( CAEC, 81); 1 spm, TE, Bellefontaine, Bois La Roche, SF, 477 m a.s.l., lat.14,67036, long. -61,13217, leg. MC, 18.12.2017 ( CAEC, 813); 1 spm, TE, Fond-Saint-Denis, Piton Boucher, PF, 1059 m a.s.l., lat.14,71461, long. -61,10501, leg. MC, 21.05.2016 ( CBGP, FAUN 17341); 1 spm, TE, Fond-Saint-Denis, Piton Boucher, PF, 1059 m a.s.l., lat.14,71461, long. -61,10501, leg. MC, 21.02.2018 ( CAEC, 816); 1 spm, HC, Fond-Saint-Denis, Piton Boucher, PF, 1059 m a.s.l., lat.14,71461, long. -61,10501, leg. MC, 25.02.2018 ( CAEC, 99); 2 spms, HC, Morne-Rouge, morne Calebassier, SF, 740 m a.s.l., lat.14,79976, long. -61,14351, leg. MC, 31.01.2019 ( CAEC, 102); 1 spm, HC, Morne Rouge, refuge de l’Aileron, grassland, 852 m a.s.l., lat.14,80606, long. -61,15278, leg. MC, 31.01.2019 ( CAEC, 105); 2 spms, HC, Macouba, morne Macouba, PF, 1031 m a.s.l., lat.14,82212, long. -61,16529, leg. MC, 30.01.2019 ( CAEC, 106); 3 spms, HC from deadwood on the ground, Macouba, Pelée Mountain, PF, 774 m a.s.l., lat.14,82897, long. -61,16574, leg. MC, 30.01.2019 ( CAEC, 110); 2 spms, HC from deadwood on the ground, Macouba, maison du Moine, PF, 550 m a.s.l., lat.14,83895, long. -61,1646, leg. MC, 30.01.2019 ( CAEC, 113); 16 spms, HC, Sainte-Luce, SF, 347 m a.s.l., lat.14,50745, long. -60,92475, leg. MC, 07. 07.02.2019 ( CAEC, 129); 3 spms, HC, Sainte-Luce, SF, 300 m a.s.l., lat.14,50842, long. -60,92316, leg. MC, 07. 07.02.2019 ( CAEC, 135); 1 spm, HC, Le Carbet, Plateau Courbaril, PT, 167 m a.s.l., lat.14,71925, long. -61,16461, leg. Etienne Iorio, 02.02.2019 ( CBGP, FAUN 17342); 1 spm, HC, Le Précheur, 15 m a.s.l., lat.14,83219, long. -61,22374, leg. Etienne IORIO, 29.01.2019 ( CAEC, 168); 1 spm, TE, Le Lorrain, Rivière Sylvetre, PF, 260 m a.s.l., lat.14,77525, long. -61,06527, leg. MC, 21.11.2017 ( CAEC, 828); 2 spm, TE, Le Lorrain, Morne Platine, PF, 451 m a.s.l., lat.14,75906, long. -61,06978, leg. MC, 19.10.2016 ( CBGP, FAUN 17343); 1 spm, TE, Saint-Joseph, Rivière Rouge, PF, 394 m a.s.l., lat.14,71807, long. -61,06686, leg. MC, 18.04.2016 ( CAEC, 832); 1 spm, TE, Saint-Joseph, Rivière Rouge, PF, 394 m a.s.l., lat.14,71807, long. -61,06686, leg. MC, 02.01.2017 ( CAEC, 833); 1 spm, TE, Saint-Joseph, Rivière Rouge, PF, 394 m a.s.l., lat.14,71807, long. -61,06686, leg. MC, 27.03.2018 ( CAEC, 196); 1 spm, TE, Saint-Joseph, Plateau Perdrix, PF, 550 m a.s.l., lat.14,68827, long. -61,08061, leg. MC, 03.06.2018 ( CAEC, 836); 2 spms, TE, Schoelcher, Plateau Clarck, PF, 531 m a.s.l., lat.14,68206, long. -61,10365, leg. MC, 03.10.2016 ( CAEC, 209); 2 spms, TE, Schoelcher, Plateau Clarck, PF, 531 m a.s.l., lat.14,68206, long. -61,10365, leg. MC, 21.03.2017 ( CAEC, 839); 1 spm, TE, Schoelcher, Plateau Concorde, PF, 582 m a.s.l., lat.14,67913, long. -61,10634, leg. MC, 03.05.2016 ( CAEC, 218); 1 spm, TE, Schoelcher, Plateau Concorde, PF, 582 m a.s.l., lat.14,67913, long. -61,10634, leg. MC, 04.10.2016 ( CAEC, 223); 1 spm, TE, Schoelcher, Plateau Concorde, PF, 582 m a.s.l., lat.14,67913, long. -61,10634, leg. MC, 29.03.2017 ( CAEC, 847); 1 spm, TE, Fond-Saint-Denis, Piton Boucher, PF, 1059 m a.s.l., lat.14,71461, long. -61,10501, leg. MC, 21.05.2016 ( CAEC, 6055); 1 spm, TE, Basse-pointe, Gradis, Palm forest, 354 m a.s.l., lat.14,83892, long. -61,1361, leg. MEJ, 25.05.2018 ( CAEC, 807); 1 spm, TE, Macouba, Macouba farm, grass, 72 m a.s.l., lat.14,87185, long. -61,14063, leg. MEJ, 15.15.05.2018 ( CAEC, 806); 1 spm, TE, Basse-pointe, Pecoul, SF, 186 m a.s.l., lat.14,83731, long. - 61,114 24, leg. MEJ, 17.05.2018 ( CAEC, 805).

Material mentioned in Schileyko et al. (2018). Plateau Clark, Schoelcher, 30.08.2017, lat. 14.68205, long. -61.1037, 520 m, leg. MC, 2 spms ( CAEC, 17296).

Additional material. Venezuela, Trujillo State, Ande, Guaramacal National Park , 02.1987, leg. Paoletti M.G., 3 juv. ( ZMMU, Rc 7279) .

Diagnosis. See Schileyko (2014: 169).

Ecology in Martinique. One of the most abundant species in Martinique, distributed across a wide altitudinal range (300 m and above). It avoids the driest areas (located at lower altitudes) and is mostly found in biotopes with high vegetation cover. This small species seems to prefer a rather endogenous way of life, since most of its samples were made by Tullgren extraction of soil and litter.

Range (after Schileyko et al. 2018: 571). Lesser Antilles: Guadeloupe, Martinique; South America: Venezuela (States: Mérida, Trujillo), Colombia (Andean, Caribbean and Amazonian Regions).

Remarks. Our data on the altitudinal range of this species are consistent with those of Chagas-Jr et al. (2014), who indicated it as from 200 to 2850 m.