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
Stemmiulidae
sp. indet.
Referred material
.
5 specimens
:
CPAL
.104: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen;
CPAL
.105: juvenile, complete specimen;
MALM
.304: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen;
MALM
.308: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen;
MALM
.309: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen (
Fig. 3A, B
).
Locality.
Mexico
,
Chiapas
: Simojovel: Guadalupe Victoria site,
17°07ʹ58ʺ N
,
092°48ʹ19ʺ W
.
Identification.
Head partially damaged or not fully visible in CPAL.104, body cylindrical, 2 apodous segments before telson, tergites with a longitudinal groove, ozopore present, legs long, telson short, epiproct minute, a pair of stout paraprocts with setae along the anal opening is also present. All fossil specimens match
Stemmiulida
, but for more specific taxonomic position they need further revision.
Remarks.
Extant species of
Stemmiulida
are recorded almost exclusively at the southern region of
Mexico
, including the states of
Veracruz
,
Campeche
and
Quintana Roo
(
Bueno-Villegas et al. 2004
).