Myrmecodesmus sp.
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.4.637 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF87C4-6926-FFA5-FF58-FCED3ABDFDBA |
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Marcus |
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Myrmecodesmus sp. |
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Myrmecodesmus sp. indet.
Referred material. 1 specimen: CPAL.117: adult female, complete specimen.
Locality. Mexico, Chiapas: Simojovel: Los Pocitos site, 17°08ʹ18ʺ N, 092°43ʹ41ʺ W.
Identification. Head with vertex and frons roughened, antenna short, stout and clavate, collum with 10 lobes, body with 20 segments, paranota large, second ring with typical 3-lobed, and epiproct short and rounded. CPAL.117 matches Myrmecodesmus of the family Pyr-
godesmidae, representing the first record of this family in Chiapas amber.
Remarks. Extant species of the family Pyrgodesmidae are currently recorded in the Mexican states of Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Guerrero, Estado de México, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatán ( Hoffman 1999, Bueno-Villegas et al. 2004).
Superorder Nematophora Verhoeff, 1913
Order Stemmiulida Pocock, 1894
Family Stemmiulidae Pocock, 1894
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