The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber
Author
Riquelme, Francisco
Author
Hernández-Patricio, Miguel
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.4.637
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10.15560/14.4.637
1809-127X
Spirobolida
sp. indet.
Referred material.
2 specimens
:
MALM
.313: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen (
Fig. 1D–E
);
MALM
.18: juvenile, complete specimen (
Fig. 2A–C
).
Locality.
Mexico
,
Chiapas
: Simojovel: La Pimienta site,
17° 08
′
29
″
N
,
092°45
′
46
″
W
.
Identification.
Head with 18 or 11 ocelli, antenomeres short and flattened, collum smooth; trunk smooth with about 40 rings in MALM.313 or 28 as seen in MALM.18, telson with a preanal sclerite, two well-rounded valves and a short subanal plate. This is the first fossil record of
Spirobolida
in
Chiapas
amber.
Remarks.
Living members of
Spirobolida
are found in 23 states of
Mexico
, including
Baja California Sur
,
Baja California
,
Colima
,
Chiapas
,
Chihuahua
,
Durango
,
Guanajuato
,
Guerrero
,
Jalisco
,
Mexico City
,
Michoacán
,
Morelos
,
Nayarit
,
Nuevo León
,
Oaxaca
,
Puebla
,
Quintana Roo
,
San Luis Potosí
,
Tamaulipas
,
Veracruz
,
Yucatán
, the State of
Mexico
, and
Zacatecas
(
Bueno-Villegas et al. 2004
,
Shelley 2010
,
Medrano 2014
).
Subterclass Eugnatha Attems, 1898
Superorder
Juliformia Attems, 1926