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Family OribatulidaeScheloribates luchili was described by Wharton(1938) from Cueva Luchil, Yucatan. Bonet (1953a)reported the presence of this family in Cueva delJobo, San Luis Potosi.Class ChilopodaThe cavernicole fauna of Mexico is rich in numbersand diversity of centipedes, but this group remainsessentially unstudied. Only 13 species of centipedehave been identified from caves in Mexico and onlyfive of these have been reported from more than onecave (see Table 18).Order GeophilomorphaFamily GeophilidaeThe order Geophilomorpha is frequently found incaves in Mexico, but only the geophilid Pachymeriumferrugineum (C. 1. Koch) has been identified. It isknown only from Cueva del Ojo de Agua Grande andCueva del Ojo de Agua de Tlilapan, Veracruz.Order LithobiomorphaFamily LithobiidaeGarcibius osorioi ChamberlinGarcibius osorioi Chamberlin, 1942:5-6; Chamberlin,1943a:27; Bonet, 1946a:111; Nicholas, 1962:175;Reddell, 1967a:24; Reddell, 1971b:42.Type-Iocality.-Grutas de Garcia (=Grutas de Villade Garcia), Nueva (=Nuevo) Leon, Mexico.Distribution.-Known only from the type-locality.See Fig. 51.Discussion.-In this species the ocelli are rudimentary,the antennae are very long, and the animal ispale. In the present state of North American chilopodtaxonomy it is impossible to say anything about theaffinities of this species.Nuevobius cavicolens ChamberlinNuevobius cavicolens Chamberlin, 1941:188; Crabill,1960:121-123,127; Reddell, 1971b:42.Type-locality.-Bat Cave (=?Cueva de la Boca),Villa Santiago, Hacienda Vista Hermosa-HorsetailFalls, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.Distribution.-Known only from the type-locality.See Fig. 51.Discussion.-Nuevobius cavicolens is a pale specieswith long, slender legs and antennae. The only othermember of the genus is N. cottus Crabill, known onlyfrom Tuckaleechee Caverns, Blount County, Tennessee.This remarkable distributional discontinuity isTable 18.-Summary of cave inhabiting Chilopoda.TroglobitesOther SpeciesGeophilomorphaGeophilidae 0 1LithobiomorphaLithobiidae 2 0Watobiidae 0 1ScolopendromorphaCryptopidae 2 2Seolopendridae 0 1SeutigeromorphaPselliodidae 0 1Seutigeridae 0 3Total 4 9similar in some respects to that of the milliped familyTrichopetalidae. The identity of the type-locality issomewhat uncertain, but it is probably Cueva de laBoca.Family WatobiidaeOne species of troglophile, Cruzobius atoyacusChamberlin, has been described in this family. It isknown only from Grutas de Atoyac, Veracruz, butdoes not appear to be cave adapted (see Fig. 51).Order ScolopendromorphaFamily CryptopidaeNewportia (Scolopendrides) sabina ChamberlinNewportia sabina Chamberlin, 1942:4; Chamberlin,1943a:5, 7, 9; Bonet, 1946a:l11; Bucherl, 1959:230, 231; Nicholas, 1962:175; Reddell, 1971b:43; Reddell and Mitchell, 1971a: 150.Newportia (Scolopendrides) sabina: Bucherl, 1959:234,235.Type-locality.-Cueva de los Sabinos, San Luis Potosi,Mexico.Distribution.-Known from three caves in theSierra de EI Abra, San Luis Potosi, and possibly onecave in the Sierra de Guatemala, Tamaulipas. SeeFig. 51.New records.-San Luis Potosi: Sotano de la Tinajaand Sotano de Yerbaniz; Tamaulipas: ?Bee Cave(det. A. Weaver).Discussion.-A single specimen from Bee Cavelacks the ultimate legs, but in other characters appearsto be identical to typical N. sabina. Three otherspecies of the genus Newportia are known from Mexicancaves. Newportia (Scolopendrides) pelaezi Chamberlinis a small species described from Grutas del Palmito,Nuevo Leon, and known only from the holotype(Chamberlin, 1942). Its correct ecological desig-171