Stemmiulidae, Pocock, 1894

Riquelme, Francisco & Hernández-Patricio, Miguel, 2018, The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber, Check List 14 (4), pp. 637-646 : 643

Stemmiulidae sp. indet.

Referred material. 5 specimens: CPAL.104: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen; CPAL.105: juvenile, complete specimen; MALM.304: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen; MALM.308: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen; MALM.309: adult of indeterminate sex, complete specimen ( Fig. 3A, B).

Locality. Mexico, Chiapas: Simojovel: Guadalupe Victoria site, 17°07ʹ58ʺ N, 092°48ʹ19ʺ W.

Identification. Head partially damaged or not fully visible in CPAL.104, body cylindrical, 2 apodous segments before telson, tergites with a longitudinal groove, ozopore present, legs long, telson short, epiproct minute, a pair of stout paraprocts with setae along the anal opening is also present. All fossil specimens match Stemmiulida , but for more specific taxonomic position they need further revision.

Remarks. Extant species of Stemmiulida are recorded almost exclusively at the southern region of Mexico, including the states of Veracruz, Campeche and Quintana Roo ( Bueno-Villegas et al. 2004).