Callipodida Pocock, 1894

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 : 1136

Order Callipodida Pocock, 1894

Family undetermined (1)

New record. 1 F, ZFMK MYR07366.

Figure 2C

Identification. Members of the order Callipodida have a characteristic habitus, the head has numerous omma- tidia, the segments are cylindrical, with free sternites, lacking a dorsal suture. The telson is carrying spinnerets. The surface is often with characteristic crests (like in numerous Spirostreptida and Cambalidea , which, however, lack free sternites and spinnerets). The telson has divided anal valves (paraprocts), a unique character ( Enghoff et al. 2015). The female vulva often extended into an elongated ovipositor, which is sometimes heavily modified resembling a clasping organ in recent species. The extended ovipositor is clearly visible in our single female specimen.