An unexpected diversity of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber
Author
Bartel, Christian
Author
Dunlop, Jason A.
Author
Giribet, Gonzalo
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-29
5296
3
421
445
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5296.3.6
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5296.3.6
1175-5326
7984131
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Cyphophthalmi
gen. sp.
Fig. 14
Material.
Specimen F2493, ex coll. Jörg Wunderlich;
Myanmar
, Hukawng Valley; Burmese amber, Upper Cretaceous (Lower Cenomanian).
Remarks.
Specimen F2493 (
Fig. 14A–B
) is another male as it bears a prominent adenostyle on tarsus IV. Due to its poor preservation it is not possible to describe this specimen. Nevertheless, one of its tarsi IV is complete and bears a lamelliform adenostyle (
Fig. 14B
) which is not typical for modern members of the family
Stylocellidae
but is present in some of the species described here. This
type
of adenostyle also excludes
Ogoveidae
. It can be found in the families
Sironidae
,
Pettalidae
,
Troglosironidae
and in a few neogoveids. However, the families
Troglosironidae
and
Neogoveidae
can be excluded for this fossil as the claw on its leg II is smooth. Therefore we assume that the affinities of this specimen lie with the families
Sironidae
,
Pettalidae
or with an extinct lineage of
Stylocellidae
, seen e.g. in
Sirocellus iunctus
gen. et sp. nov.
The specimen is illustrated here for the sake of completeness.