The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber
Author
Riquelme, Francisco
Author
Hernández-Patricio, Miguel
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2018
2018-08-10
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.4.637
journal article
10.15560/14.4.637
1809-127X
Order
Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1895
Referred material
.
1 specimen
:
MACH
.20: adult of undetermined sex, incomplete specimen.
Locality.
MACH
.20:
Mexico
,
Chiapas
, Simojovel, La Pimienta site,
17°08ʹ29ʺ N
,
092°45ʹ46ʺ W
.
Figure 4
. Centipedes from Simojovel,Chiapas,early-mid Miocene.(
A -B
): MACH.4,geophilomorph centipede from Huitiupán, Chiapas, earlymid Miocene (scale bar
A
: 2mm,
B
: 1mm). (
C -D
): MALM.314: geophilomorph centipede from Simojovel, Chiapas, early-mid Miocene (scale bar
C
: 1 mm,
D
: 0.5 mm).
Identification.
MACH.20 without head or terminal segments, body with more than 40 pairs of legs; fossil specimen match
Geophilomorpha
but this shows poor preservation that makes a more detailed description difficult.
Referred material.
1 specimen
: G.2005.147.1.1, as seen in
Ross et al. (2016: 46
, fig. 2).
Locality.
Mexico
,
Chiapas
? Simojovel area? The origin of this material is unproven; there are no data about the exact locality or strata provided by
Ross et al. (2016)
.
Remarks.
Specimen undetermined; micrograph published in
Ross et al. (2016)
. Accordingly, the specimens resemble
Geophilomorpha
.
Ross et al. (2016)
also referred to another geophilomorph specimen, which they identified as G.2007.67.10.1 (
Ross and Sheridan 2013: 55
, fig. 9), but this is the same specimen G.2005.147.1.1 (even the same photo) as presented in
Ross et al. (2016: 46
, fig. 2).