Newportia ernsti ernsti Pocock, 1891


Newportia ernsti ernsti Pocock, 1891.

Original description: Pocock R.I. (1891). Descriptions of some new species of Chilopoda - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)8: 152-164, see p. 161.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Original rank: species

Family: Scolopocryptopidae

Original genus: Newportia Gervais, 1847.

Type locality: Venezuela, Caracas

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Schileyko A., Minelli A. (1999).On the genus Newportia Gervais, 1847 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Newportiidae) - Arthropoda Selecta, 7 (1998): 265-299, see p. 274.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia

-- within Asia-Temperate: Iran

-- within Europe: Corse; Italy; Malta; Portugal; Sardegna; Sicilia; Spain

-- within Southern America: Dominican Republic; Haiti; Venezuela

Notes: Records from 'Hispaniola' refer either to Haiti or the Dominican Republic.