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 Scolopendra gigantea Linnaeus, 1758 Material examined. ICN-M.Ch-0004, 1 specimen , Atlántico , near Barranquilla , Región el Guajaro La Peña , J.M. Ariano , 20-I- 1968 , 20 m ; ICN-M.Ch-0054, 1 specimen , Sucre , San Marcos , La Florida , Grupo Sistemática Animal , 21-IV- 2004 , 38 m ; ICN-M.Ch-0055, 3 specimen , Atlántico , near Barranquilla , Región del Guajaro , La Peña, J. M . Ariano , 20-I- 1968 , 20 m ; ICN-M.Ch-0094, 1 specimen , Bolívar , Sta. Catalina, Hda. El Ceibal, J. Lynch , 3-X- 1999 , 20 m ; ICN-M.Ch-0095, 9 specimens , Km 5 Carretera a Pto Colombia , 15-VIII-1964 ; ICN-M.Ch-0123, 1 specimen , Magdalena , PNN Tayrona , **- VI-2000 , ICN-M.Ch-0124, 1 specimen , Magdalena , PN Isla de Salamanca, G . Toro ; MNHN ( N241 ), 3 specimens , Cartagena, M . Buret , 1835 ; MCZ 26467, 2 specimens , near Rio Frio , P.J. Darlington . Distribution. Caribbean coastline of northern South America to Surinam ; Venezuela , Trinidad , Aruba and Curaçao ( Kraepelin 1903 ; Attems 1930 ; Bücherl 1942 ; Shelley & Kiser 2000 ; Shelley 2006 ). All records from Haiti , Honduras , Mexico , St. Thomas, and U. S. Virgin Islands represent accidental human introductions or labelling errors ( Shelley 2006 ). In Colombia it is known only from the Caribbean Región. Altitudinal range. 9 to 40 m .