Maatidesmus paachtun Riquelme

Riquelme, Francisco & Hernández-Patricio, Miguel, 2018, The millipedes and centipedes of Chiapas amber, Check List 14 (4), pp. 637-646 : 643

Maatidesmus paachtun Riquelme & Hernández- Patricio in Riquelme et al., 2014

Referred material. MALM.28: holotype, adult female, complete specimen.

Locality. Mexico, Chiapas: Simojovel: Guadalupe Victoria site, 17°07ʹ58ʺ N, 092°48ʹ19ʺ W.

Identification. Description in Riquelme et al. (2014a). The genus Maatidesmus is only known in the fossil record of Chiapas amber.

Remarks. Living members of the family Chelodesmidae are recorded at the southern states of Mexico, including Guerrero, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, and Chiapas ( Bueno-Villegas et al. 2004).

Order Polydesmida Leach, 1895

Suborder Polydesmidea Pocock, 1887

Superfamily Pyrgodesmoidea Silvestri, 1896

Family Pyrgodesmidae Silvestri, 1896

Genus Myrmecodesmus Silvestri, 1910