Electroxenus, Duy-Jacquemin & Azar, 2004
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4665318 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D57D87F7-FFCB-BF36-0406-E87AD2CEF960 |
|
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
|
scientific name |
Electroxenus |
| status |
gen. nov. |
Genus Electroxenus View in CoL n. gen.
TYPE SPECIES. — Electroxenus jezzinensis n. sp., by present designation.
New Polyxenida ( Myriapoda, Diplopoda) in Cretaceous amber
ETYMOLOGY. — A combination of electron, meaning amber in Greek and xenus, suffix used in polyxenids.
DIAGNOSIS. — Head: six to eight ocelli; antenna with eight articles; three sensilla basiconica or more on the seventh antennal article, four or more on the sixth. Lateral expansion of gnathochilarial palp with at least 17 sensilla. Trunk: tergal trichomes grouped into two separate, oval clusters with an additional posterior row, subdivided in its middle. Presence of a spine on tarsus II. Telotarsus with posterior lamellate process. Telson: two dorsolateral penicils of hooked trichomes, joined side by side, dorsally.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.