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A new species of Polydesmidae (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber
Su, Y.-T.; Cai, C.-Y.; Huang, D.-Y. (2023). A new species of Polydesmidae (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 5396(1): 112-123. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5396.1.16
In: Zootaxa. Magnolia Press: Auckland. ISSN 1175-5326; e-ISSN 1175-5334, more
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Keywords
    Myriapoda [WoRMS]
    Terrestrial
Author keywords
    Myriapoda, Cretaceous, Myanmar, millipede, polydesmids, taxonomy
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  • Su, Y.-T.
  • Cai, C.-Y.
  • Huang, D.-Y.
Abstract

    A new species of the ‘flat-backed’ millipede family Polydesmidae, Propolydesmus cretaceus sp. nov., is described from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Detailed morphological characters are provided on the basis of 3 well-preserved adults (2 males and 1 females), 2 female subadults, and 14 additional specimens, using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and X-ray micro-computed tomography (μCT) with computer-aided 3D-reconstructions. The new species can be placed in the extant genus Propolydesmus. It majorly differs from other congeners due to the stronger gonopod acropodite and the presence of a bipartite gonopod exomerite.

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