The centipedes (Arthropoda, Myriapoda, Chilopoda) from Colombia: Part I. Scutigeromorpha and Scolopendromorpha Author Chagas-Jr, Amazonas amazonaschagas@gmail.com Author Chaparro, Elisa Laboratorio Especial de Toxinologia Aplicada, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, Butantã, CEP- 05503 - 900, São Paulo, SP, Brasil Author Jiménez, Sebastián Galvis Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Author Triana, Hernán Darío Triana Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Author Flórez, Eduardo Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Author Seoane, José Carlos Sícoli Departamento de Geologia, Instituto de Geociências, CCMN, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 274 Cidade Universitaria, CEP- 21941 - 916, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil text Zootaxa 2014 2014-03-14 3779 2 133 156 journal article 5833 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.2 add91096-4341-4cad-8dbb-4f2fa3dbd773 1175-5326 4910241 008B7919-D879-4270-ADA1-BFE054B8019A Newportia pusilla Pocock, 1893 Material examined. ICN-M.Ch-0052, 2 specimens , Cundinamarca, Usme, Parque Entrenubes, Cerro Gavilan, L. Benavides, 18-V- 2003 , 2745 m; IAVH, 1 specimen , Norte de Santander , PNN Tama , Vda. El Diamante, E . González, 26-IX-1999 , 1000 m , Winkler , Bosque Alto de Herrera , ZMUC , 1 specimen , near Bogotá , Páramo de Monserrate , H. Sturm , 13.x.1920 . Distribution. Newportia pusilla has been reported from the West Indies ( Saint Vincent ) and South America ( Venezuela and Brazil ). It was also doubtfully recorded from Cuba and Colombia by Schileyko and Minelli (1998) . We now confirm its occurrence in the Andean Región of Colombia . Altitudinal range. 1000 to 2745 m .