Glomeridesmidae Latzel, 1884

Wesener, Thomas & Moritz, Leif, 2018, Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017), Check List 14 (6), pp. 1131-1140 : 1133

Family Glomeridesmidae Latzel, 1884 (3)

New records. 1 M, ZFMK MYR06117; 1 M, BuB2423; 1?, BuB3285.

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Identification. Members of the Glomeridesmida , family Glomeridesmidae can be easily identified by the following head characteristics: the absence of ommatidia, a large Tömösváry organ which is circular. Furthermore, their body consists of 19 tergites plus anal shield ( Enghoff et al. 2015). The determination can be further confirmed by the presence of well-developed and visible telopods as 2 of the specimens are males. The specimens also fit in all characters to the recent members of the family Glomeridesmidae ; the only other family of the Glomeridesmida , Termitodesmidae , is morphologically strongly derived ( Enghoff et al. 2015).