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
Maatidesmus paachtun
Riquelme
& Hernández- Patricio in Riquelme et al., 2014
Referred material.
MALM
.28:
holotype
, adult female, complete specimen.
Locality.
Mexico
,
Chiapas
: Simojovel: Guadalupe Victoria site,
17°07ʹ58ʺ N
,
092°48ʹ19ʺ W
.
Identification.
Description in
Riquelme et al. (2014a)
. The genus
Maatidesmus
is only known in the fossil record of
Chiapas
amber.
Remarks.
Living members of the family
Chelodesmidae
are recorded at the southern states of
Mexico
, including
Guerrero
,
Yucatán
,
Quintana Roo
,
Oaxaca
, and
Chiapas
(
Bueno-Villegas et al. 2004
).
Order
Polydesmida Leach, 1895
Suborder
Polydesmidea Pocock, 1887
Superfamily
Pyrgodesmoidea Silvestri, 1896
Family
Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896
Genus
Myrmecodesmus
Silvestri, 1910