Kachincambala, Moritz & Wesener, 2021

Moritz, Leif & Wesener, Thomas, 2021, Electrocambalidae fam. nov., a new family of Cambalidea from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida), European Journal of Taxonomy 755 (1), pp. 22-46 : 33

Kachincambala gen. nov.

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Type species

Kachincambala muelleri gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis

Kachincambala gen. nov. differs from Electrocambala gen. nov. by the absence of an accessory spine on the tarsus ( Fig. 5E ) and in the structure of the gonopods ( Fig. 4F–G ).

Etymology

ʻ Kachin ʼ, after the Myanmar state of Kachin where the amber deposits are located, and ʻ- cambalaʼ, a common suffix for names in the Cambalidea . Feminine.

Other species included

Kachincambala distorta gen. et sp. nov.

Figures

Fig. 4. Kachincambala muelleri gen. et sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (ZFMK-MYR10225). A. Habitus, dorsal view, photograph. B. Head and anterior body rings, ventral view, volume rendering. C. Head and anterior body rings, lateral view, volume rendering. D. head, frontal view, volume rendering. E. Head, ventral view, volume rendering. F. Gonopods, frontal view, segmentation. G. Gonopods, lateral view, segmentation. Abbreviations: ag = anterior gonopod; at = antennae; co = collum; cx = coxite; em = eumentum; gn = gnathochilarium; L = leg; la = labrum; ll = lamella limgualis; md = mandible; om = ommatidia; pe = penis; pg = posterior gonopod; pm = promentum; st = gnathochilarial stipes; te = telopodite.

Fig. 5. Kachincambala distorta gen. et sp. nov., holotype, ♂ (ZFMK-MYR7368). A. Amber piece, photograph. B. Head and anterior body rings, lateral view, photograph. C. Head and anterior body rings, lateral view, volume rendering. D. Head, lateral view, drawing. E. Tarsus, drawing. F. Gonopods, anterior view, segmentation. G. Gonopods, lateral view, segmentation. Abbreviations: ag = anterior gonopod; at = antennae; cl = claw; co = collum; cx = coxite; L = leg; la = labrum; md = mandible; om = ommatidia; oz = ozopore; pg = posterior gonopod; ta = tarsus; te = telopodite.