Electrocambalidae fam. nov., a new family of Cambalidea from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)
Author
Moritz, Leif
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Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113, Bonn, Germany. & Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
moritz.leif@gmail.com
Author
Wesener, Thomas
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Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity, Adenauerallee 160, D- 53113, Bonn, Germany.
t.wesener@leibniz-zfmk.de
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-06-17
755
1
22
46
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
journal article
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Kachincambala
gen. nov.
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Figs 4–5
Type species
Kachincambala muelleri
gen. et sp. nov.
Diagnosis
Kachincambala
gen. nov.
differs from
Electrocambala
gen. nov.
by the absence of an accessory spine on the tarsus (
Fig. 5E
) and in the structure of the gonopods (
Fig. 4F–G
).
Etymology
ʻ
Kachin
ʼ, after the
Myanmar
state of
Kachin
where the amber deposits are located, and ʻ-
cambalaʼ
, a common suffix for names in the
Cambalidea
. Feminine.
Other species included
Kachincambala distorta
gen. et sp. nov.