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
Polydesmida
sp. indet.
Referred material
.
11 specimens
:
MALM
.301: juvenile (
Fig. 3A, B
),
MALM
.302: Juvenile (
Fig 3A, B
),
MALM
.310: adult of indeterminate sex (
Fig. 3A, B
);
MALM
.311 (
Fig. 3A, B
): Juvenile,
MALM
.312 (
Fig. 3A, B
): juvenile;
CPAL
.103: juvenile;
CPAL
.107: juvenile;
CPAL
.108: juvenile (
Fig. 3F
),
CPAL
.113: juvenile;
CPAL
.106: adult female;
MACH
.21: adult of indeterminate sex.
Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio | Millipedes and centipedes of
Chiapas
amber 641
Figure 2
. Millipedes from Simojovel, Chiapas, early-mid Miocene.
A–C.
MALM.18, spirobolid millipede; scale bars, A = 2 mm, B = 0.5 mm, C = 1 mm.
D–F.
CPAL.109, xystodesmid millipede; scale bars, A = 2 mm, E = 1 mm, F = 0.2 mm.
Locality.
CPAL
.103,
CPAL
.113,
MALM
.301,
MALM
.302,
MALM
.310,
MALM
.311, and
MALM
.312:
Mexico
,
Chiapas
: Simojovel: La Pimienta site,
17°08ʹ29ʺ N
,
092°45ʹ46ʺ W
.
CPAL
.106 and
CPAL
.107:
Mexico
,
Chiapas
, Simojovel, Guadalupe Victoria site,
17°07ʹ58ʺ N
,
092°48ʹ19ʺ W
.
MACH
.21:
Mexico
,
Chiapas
: Simojovel: Los Pocitos site,
17°08ʹ18ʺ N
,
092°43ʹ41ʺ W
.
CPAL
.108:
Mexico
,
Chiapas
: Totolapa: Río Salado site,
16°32ʹ42ʺ N
,
092°40ʹ58ʺ W
.
Identification.
Head without eyes, antennae with 7 antennomeres plus 4 sensorial cones, labrum tridentate, body with 12 rings or less in immature specimens: CPAL.103, CPAL.107, CPAL.108, CPAL.113, MAL.M301, MALM. 302, MALM.311, and MALM.312, metazonite with short lateral projections, CPAL.106 with 18 rings, MALM.310 with 20 rings, and MACH.21 with 20 rings, they are adult specimens but badly damaged, so no judgment is made as to their specific taxonomic position.
Order
Polydesmida Leach, 1895
Suborder
Leptodesmidea Brölemann, 1916
Superfamily
Xystodesmoidea Cook, 1895
Family
Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895