@article {1414, title = {Electrocambalidae fam.~nov., a new family of Cambalidea from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {755}, year = {2021}, month = {17/06/2021}, pages = {22-46}, abstract = {

A new family, Electrocambalidae fam.\ nov. of the suborder Cambalidea is described from Cretaceous Burmese amber based on two new genera, Electrocambala gen.\ nov. and Kachincambala gen.\ nov. with four new species, Electrocambala ornata gen. et sp.\ nov., E.\ cretacea gen. et sp.\ nov., Kachincambala muelleri gen. et sp.\ nov. and K.\ distorta gen. et sp.\ nov. The specimens are described combining classical light microscopy with drawings and photography, and modern micro-computed tomography (\μCT). Morphological characters otherwise obscured are examined and visualized by creating volume renderings and 3D-segmentations from \μCT data. Electrocambalidae fam.\ nov. is characterized by the following character combination: (1) a forward shift of leg pair 3, resulting in an apparently legless 3rd body ring, (2) presence of metazonital setae, and (3) extensive pilosity on the head. Although some of these characters are shared with other Juliformia they are unique in this combination. The described fossils are the oldest and first Mesozoic Spirostreptida and Cambalidea known and ca 70 million years older than previous records of the group.

}, keywords = {Evolution, fossil, gonopods, micro-CT, Myanmar}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1397}, author = {Moritz, Leif and Wesener, Thomas} } @article {438, title = {Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017)}, journal = {Check List}, volume = {14}, year = {2018}, month = {12/2020}, pages = {1131-1140}, abstract = {

An inventory of the Myriapoda (Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Symphyla) from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Myanmar, is presented, including the oldest and/or first fossil record for numerous orders. For millipedes (Diplopoda) 527 records, including 460 new specimens determined by us, belonging to 13 of 16 recent orders are listed: Polyxenida, Glomeridesmida, Glomerida, Siphonophorida, Polyzoniida, Platydesmida, Siphoniulida, Chordeumatida, Polydesmida, Stemmiulida, Callipodida, Spirostreptida and Spirobolida. For centipedes, 33 records for 4 of the 5 recent orders are listed: Scutigeromorpha, Lithobiomorpha, Scolopendromorpha and Geophilomorpha. For Symphyla, three records for both families, Scutigerellidae and Scolopendrellidae, are listed. The majority of Diplopoda records (30.5\%) are Polydesmida. The record of the Polyzoniida includes first instar octopod juveniles. The checklist includes the first fossil representatives known of the Platydesmida, as well as the oldest known fossils of the Polyxenida, Glomeridesmida, Glomerida, Siphonophorida, Polyzoniida, Siphoniulida, Spirostreptida, as well as both Symphyla families. Misidentifications by Zhang (2017) are corrected; while most Chilopoda in that list are correct, almost all Diplopoda are misidentified.

}, keywords = {Chilopoda, Cretaceous, Diplopoda, fossil, Myanmar, Symphyla}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.15560/14.6.1131}, url = {https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/30320/}, author = {Wesener, Thomas and Moritz, Leif} }