Millipeds from Dominican Amber, with the Description of Two New Species (Diplopoda: Siphonophoridae) of Siphonophora

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1992
Autoren:J. A. Santiago-Blay, Poinar G. O.
Journal:Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Volume:85
Problem:4
Pagination:363 - 369
Date Published:01/07/1992
ISSN:0013-8746
Schlüsselwörter:Diplopoda, Hispaniola, Siphonophora spp., systematics
Zusammenfassung:

Representatives of 11 genera (Lophoproctus?, Glomeridesmus, Epinannolene, Siphonophora, Siphonotus, Docodesmus, lomus, Lophodesmus?, Psochodesmus, Dasyodontus, and Inodesmus?) are reported from Dominican amber, most of them constituting the first or oldest fossils of their corresponding higher taxa. Extant species of lomus and Inodesmus have not been reported from Hispaniola; a chelodesmid seems more closely related to South American genera than to present-day Caribbean diplopods. Siphonophora hoffmani spec. nov. and S. velezi spec. nov. are described from adults embedded in Dominican amber.

URL:https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/aesa/85.4.363
DOI:10.1093/aesa/85.4.363
Citation Key:365
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