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Issue: Vol. 1 No. 1: March 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/mesozoic.1.1.6
Page range: 70-89
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Two new species of Siphonorhinidae (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Siphonophorida) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Petroleum Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Petroleum Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Petroleum Stratigraphy; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008; China
Mesozoic Myanmar millipede Siphonorhinus taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of the millipede family Siphonorhinidae, Siphonorhinus globosus sp. nov. and Siphonorhinus peculiaris sp. nov., are described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Detailed morphological characters are provided on the basis of 22 specimens, mainly using confocal laser scanning microscopy. The new species can be confidently placed in the extant genus Siphonorhinus based on the head lacking a beak-like rostrum, antennae stout and elbowed; antennomeres 5 and 6 each with a field of basiconic sensilla, and gonopods leg-like, with apical podomere of posterior gonopod divided to two branches. A detailed comparison between the new and extant species is given.

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