| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1992 |
| Authors: | J. A. Santiago-Blay, Poinar G. O. |
| Journal: | Annals of the Entomological Society of America |
| Volume: | 85 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pagination: | 363 - 369 |
| Date Published: | 01/07/1992 |
| ISSN: | 0013-8746 |
| Keywords: | Diplopoda, Hispaniola, Siphonophora spp., systematics |
| Abstract: | 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 |
Taxonomic name:
Diplopoda (Taxonomy), Siphonophora (Taxonomy), Lophoproctus (Taxonomy), Glomeridesmus (Taxonomy), Epinannolene (Taxonomy), Siphonotus (Taxonomy), Docodesmus (Taxonomy), Lophodesmus (Taxonomy), Psochodesmus (Taxonomy), Dasyodontus (Taxonomy), Inodesmus (Taxonomy), Siphonophora hoffmani (Taxonomy), Siphonophora velezi (Taxonomy)