A revision of the subgenera Tidops Chamberlin 1915 and Newportides Chamberlin 1921 (Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae: Newportia Gervais, 1847) with four new species from Northern Brazil

Ivan Nazareno Farias de Brito; Alexandre Bragio Bonaldo; Amazonas Chagas-Júnior

doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.020

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Ivan Nazareno Farias de Brito Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-9469 (unauthenticated)
Alexandre Bragio Bonaldo Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-5110 (unauthenticated)
Amazonas Chagas-Júnior Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Instituto de Biociências https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3827-378X (unauthenticated)

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2026.66.020

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Centipede, Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Neotropical Region, Taxonomy

Abstract

This study presents a taxonomic review of the subgenera Tidops Chamberlin, 1915 and Newportides Chamberlin, 1921, and description of four new species: N. (Tidops) mapinguari sp. nov., N. (Tidops) oxossi sp. nov., N. (Newportides) anhanga sp. nov., and N. (Newportides) exu sp. nov., all from the Brazilian Amazonia. Additionally, new records of N. (Tidops) collaris Kraepelin, 1903, a key and a map of distribution for all known species of Newportia (Tidops) and Newportia (Newportides) are provided.

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A revision of the subgenera Tidops Chamberlin 1915 and Newportides Chamberlin 1921 (Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae: Newportia Gervais, 1847) with four new species from Northern Brazil

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