Cryptops sp.

Riquelme, Francisco & Hernández-Patricio, Miguel, 2018, The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber, Check List 14 (4), pp. 637-646 : 644

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.4.637

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF87C4-6927-FFA4-FCDD-FF2A3A4CF8EA

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Marcus

scientific name

Cryptops sp.
status

 

Cryptops sp. indet.

Referred material: 2 specimens: CPAL.115: complete specimen, adult of undetermined sex. CPAL.116: complete specimen, adult of undetermined sex.

Locality. CPAL.115: Mexico, Chiapas, Simojovel, La Pimienta site, 17°08ʹ29ʺ N, 092°45ʹ46ʺ W. CPAL.116: Mexico, Chiapas, Simojovel, El Porvenir site, 17°09ʹ10ʺ N, 092°44ʹ21ʺ W.

Identification. Head without ocelli, antennae with 17 segments, body slender, with 21 segments, both specimens match the genus Cryptops . This is the first record of the genus in Chiapas amber.

Remarks. The living species of Cryptops are currently recorded in the states of Guerrero, Jalisco and Veracruz ( Cupul-Magaña 2013).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Brachyceridae

Genus

Cryptops

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