First record of Trachypauropus cordatus (Scheller, 1974) (Tetramerocerata: Eurypauropodidae) in South America, with a summary of Pauropoda in Colombia

Abstract

Pauropods are small myriapods that inhabit the soil matrix and are possibly one of the least known groups of arthropods in Colombia. Information about this group in the country is practically nonexistent, with only two species recorded and no ecological work mentioning them. In this paper, I report for the first time in South America and Colombia the family Eurypauropodidae with the species Trachypauropus cordatus (Scheller, 1974), an endemic species from the Euro-Asian region possibly introduced to the country.