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03FC2A12FF8DFFA41A4DFAF3FE00FD7D.text	03FC2A12FF8DFFA41A4DFAF3FE00FD7D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Electrocambalidae Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Electrocambalidae fam. nov.</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C3EA19DA-7BED-407F-BD71-6C17D048E129</p> <p>Figs 1–5</p> <p>Type genus</p> <p>Electrocambala gen. nov.</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>The new family Electrocambalidae fam. nov. differs from the suborder Spirostreptidea by the structure of the gnathochilarium, with a separate eumentum and promentum, as well as by the presence of two pairs of gonopods. Electrocambalidae fam. nov. differs from the cambalidean families Choctellidae and Pseudonannolenidae by the presence of well-developed posterior gonopods (Fig. 1B, G). The new family differs from the Choctellidae and Iulomorphidae by having distinctly arched metazonites from body ring 6 onwards, and long body rings with a length/diameter ratio&gt; 0.7 (Fig. 1B–C). Electrocambalidae fam. nov. differs from the Iulomorphidae by the presence of a relatively large first leg pair in the males (Figs 1D, 4E). The new family differs from the families Cambalidae, Cambalopsidae and Pseudonannolenidae (in which ozopores start from body ring 5) by the ozopores starting from body ring 6 (Figs 1B, 5C). Electrocambalidae fam. nov. differs from the Cambalidae and Cambalopsidae by the absence of tubercles on the metazonites. Electrocambalidae fam. nov. differs from other species of the order Spirostreptida in the combination of the following characters: (1) leg pair 3 moved anteriad, resulting in a seemingly legless body ring 3 in addition to the legless body ring 4 (Fig. 1B), (2) presence of setation on the posterior margin of the metazonites, and (3) pilosity on the head is not restricted to the labrum, but extends further up frontally on the head (Figs 1D, 3E, 5D).</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>The family name is derived from the Latin word ʻ electrum ʼ meaning ʻamberʼ and the taxon Cambalidea, to which the studied fossils belong.</p> <p>Other genera included</p> <p>Kachincambala gen. nov.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF8DFFA41A4DFAF3FE00FD7D	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF8AFFA41AA6FC9FFD73FA73.text	03FC2A12FF8AFFA41AA6FC9FFD73FA73.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Electrocambala Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Electrocambala gen. nov.</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 031BD521-9640-4628-8C00-81371D839F43</p> <p>Figs 1–3</p> <p>Type species</p> <p>Electrocambala ornata gen. et sp. nov.</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Electrocambala gen. nov. differs from Kachincambala gen. nov. by the presence of an accessory spine on the tarsus (Figs 1E, 3G). The anterior gonopod carries two rounded coxal lobes, the coxite is as long as the telopodite, and the outer lobe of the coxite is ⅓ as long as the inner lobe. The apex of the posterior gonopod is curved anteriorly, creating an open channel (Fig. 1G–H).</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>As for the family. Feminine.</p> <p>Other species included</p> <p>Electrocambala cretacea gen. et sp. nov.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF8AFFA41AA6FC9FFD73FA73	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF8AFFA81A14F991FEC6FB10.text	03FC2A12FF8AFFA81A14F991FEC6FB10.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Electrocambala ornata Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Electrocambala ornata gen. et sp. nov.</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E66F551F-57A6-4FF6-BD95-C06FD4AD3627</p> <p>Figs 1–2</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Electrocambala ornata gen. et sp. nov. differs from Electrocambala cretacea gen. et sp. nov. by the presence of net-like ornamentation on the ventral half of the prozonite (Fig. 1F), V-shaped striae laterally on the collum (Fig. 1D) and the absence of longitudinal ridges on the body rings. Metazonite on ventral half with 7 longitudinal striae. Metazonite from body ring 4 onwards distinctly arched (Fig. 1A). Body rings 2–5 narrower than collum and following body rings (Fig. 1B). Anterior gonopod coxite more than twice as long as wide, with inner lobe longer than outer lobe, telopodite narrow, as long as coxite. Posterior gonopod simple, as long as anterior gonopod, projecting between inner and outer lobes of anterior gonopod (Fig. 1G–H).</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>From the Latin word ʻ ornatus ʼ meaning ʻornamentedʼ in reference to the net-like ornamentation and striae on the body rings of the species. Noun in apposition.</p> <p>Type material</p> <p>Holotype MYANMAR • ♂; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; formerly in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1151); ZFMK-MYR7369.</p> <p>Paratype MYANMAR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; formerly in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1142); ZFMK MYR7370.</p> <p>Other material examined</p> <p>MYANMAR • 1 ♂; same collection data as for holotype; in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1962) • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1825).</p> <p>Description</p> <p>HABITUS. At least up to 46 +6 (holotype, ZFMK-MYR7369) body rings (Fig. 1A) (ZFMK-MYR7370 = 42 +3; BuB1825 = 40 +4; BuB1962 = 45 +4); body cylindrical, slender, up to at least 14.7 mm long, diameter 0.5 mm, males smaller. Colour light to dark brown, posterior margin of metazonites light grey.</p> <p>HEAD.As wide as collum and body ring 6 onwards, wider than body ring 2–5 (Fig. 1B–C). Labrum and front of head with setae (Fig. 1D). 32/21 ommatidia (21 probably an artefact) arranged in circular patch. Incisura lateralis present, closed. Antennae reaching to posterior margin of body ring 4, with 7 antennomeres, covered by setae, 6&gt;3&gt;4=5&gt;1&gt; 2&gt;7, with four apical sensory cones. Antennomeres 5 and 6 broader (Fig. 1D). Labrum tridentate. Mandible base divided into small cardo and large stipes (Fig. 1C–D). Gnathochilarium with eumentum and promentum, stipes along whole length of gnathochilarium, lamella lingualis not completely separated by promentum, not reaching to eumentum.</p> <p>TRUNK. Collum only slightly curved, projecting over posterior margin of head (Fig. 1B–D). Collum with small triangular process projecting ventrally, reaching to height of upper margin of mandibular base, with 2 striae touching anterior forming a V (Fig. 1D). Body rings totally fused from body ring 5 onwards. Anterior four body rings with sternites free from pleuro-tergites. Prozonite separated from metazonite by constriction. Metazonite from body ring 6 onwards distinctly arched and wider than prozonite (Fig. 1C). Prozonite ventrally with net-like ornamentation (Fig. 1F). Metazonite ventrally with up to 7 longitudinal striae (Fig. 1F). Posterior margin of metazonites with 2–3 rows of setae (Fig. 1D). Ozopores from body ring 6 onwards lateral on metazonite, at middle height of body ring (Fig. 1B). Midbody rings (9) ca 0.7 times as long as diameter.</p> <p>LEGS. First two leg pairs surrounded by first pleuro-tergite (collum), leg pair 3 surrounded by 2 nd pleurotergite close to 3 rd pleuro-tergite, body rings 3 and 4 seemingly legless, from body ring 5 onwards 2 leg pairs per body ring (Fig. 1B–C). Midbody legs with coxa, prefemur, femur, postfemur, tibia, tarsus. Tarsus&gt; prefemur = femur&gt; postfemur&gt; tibia&gt; coxa. Podomeres with few setae. Tarsus with tarsal claw and accessory spine (Fig. 1E). Leg pairs 1 and 2 without accessory spine. Coxa of 2 nd leg pair inserts medial of coxa of 1 st leg pair.</p> <p>POSTERIOR BODY RINGS. Preanal ring without epiproct projecting, with 5 longitudinal lateral grooves and setae.Anal valves with at least 10 marginal setae and up to 8 setae on surface. Subanal scale not projecting over anal valve. Posterior 3–6 body rings legless (Fig. 1A).</p> <p>MALE SEXUAL CHARACTERS. Smaller and more slender than females (Figs 1A, 2A vs Fig. 2B–C). In male 1 st leg pair present, reduced in size not in segmentation, without tarsal claw. Penis with wide base and curved tip, with short setae (Fig. 1D). Anterior (8 th leg) and posterior gonopod (9 th leg) well-developed, on body ring 7 (Fig. 1B–C). Anterior gonopod coxite flat with two rounded apical lobes (inner and outer lobe), telopodite as long as inner coxal lobe, inserting at base of coxa, with few setae. Presence of flagellum unknown. Posterior gonopod as long as anterior gonopod, with rounded tip. Apex curved anteriorly, creating an open channel. Anterior surface with possible remnant of seminal groove reaching up to apex (Fig. 1G–H).</p> <p>FEMALE SEXUAL CHARACTERS. Larger and wider than male (Fig. 2B–C). First leg pair reduced in length and broadened. Vulva not sufficiently preserved for description.</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>Electrocambala ornata gen. et sp. nov. was discovered in one case (ZFMK MYR7370) in the same amber stone as a specimen of Electrocambala cretacea gen. et sp. nov. described below, showing that both species lived in temporal and geographical sympatry, not unlike recent species of the Cambalopsidae in SE Asia (e.g., Likhitrakarn et al. 2020).</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>ZFMK-MYR7369</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION.Amber flat, semi-circle, 15.45 × 6.6 × 2.84 mm, polished, yellow, clear transparent.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Soil particles, stellate hairs, plant parts, Acari.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Body curved as in defence (Fig. 1A). Defence fluid released from anterior body rings, form transparent dark brown bubbles above ozopores (Fig. 1B). Field of ommatidia damaged on left side. Gonopods everted (Fig. 1B). Anal-valves open (Fig. 1A). Body laterally slightly flattened. Body rings 26–38 damaged on right side and from leg pair 10 onwards right leg missing (artefact from polishing) (Fig. 1A).</p> <p>ZFMK-MYR7370</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 14.5 mm long, 0.5 mm in diameter.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION. Amber flat, oval-shaped, 48.3 × 29.5 × 7.4 mm, polished, yellow, reddish transparent.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Soil particles, sporangia of fungi, bark, wood fibre, leaves, Diptera, Coleoptera, Electrocambala cretacea gen. et sp. nov., small brown droplets.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Anterior body coiled as in defence (Fig. 2C). Field of ommatidia visible, but single ommatidia not distinguishable. Setation only partially preserved. Legs only partially preserved, mostly decayed (Fig. 2C). Vulva visible, but poorly preserved. Surrounded by brownish film.</p> <p>BuB1825</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 14.7 mm long, 0.5 mm in diameter.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION.Amber flat, semi-circle, 18.23 × 9.09 × 4.05 mm, polished, yellow to reddish, clear transparent, with fissures.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Sporangia of fungi, stellate hairs.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Anterior body bent as in defence. Secretion of defence fluid (Fig. 2B). Setation not preserved. Legs only partially preserved (Fig. 2B). Characters partly obscured by body. Amber with fissure.</p> <p>BuB1962</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 11.9 mm long, 0.3 mm in diameter.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION. Amber cuboid, 12.28 × 5.57 × 3.29 mm, polished, yellow, clear transparent. From larger piece, includes 5 pieces.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Soil particles, sporangia of fungi, stellate hairs, parts of arthropod appendages.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Anterior body bent as in defence (Fig. 2A). Head damaged, antennae deformed, legs only partially preserved (Fig. 2A), anal valves of preanal ring missing, body rings 9–12 and 21–31 damaged.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF8AFFA81A14F991FEC6FB10	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF86FFAA1A0EFB73FDA8FA39.text	03FC2A12FF86FFAA1A0EFB73FDA8FA39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Electrocambala cretacea Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Electrocambala cretacea gen. et sp. nov.</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 83055E50-E37B-4253-8C8D-F14B0A749304</p> <p>Fig. 3</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Electrocambala cretacea gen. et sp. nov. differs from Electrocambala ornata gen. et sp. nov. by the presence of at least two lateral ridges on the body rings (Fig. 3C), a prozonite without net-like ornamentation and a collum without lateral striae. Ommatidia arranged in rows (Fig. 3E). Male gonopods unknown.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>ʻ Cretacea ʼ in reference to the Cretaceous, the geological period to which the Burmese amber deposits are dated. Noun in apposition with a free ending.</p> <p>Type material</p> <p>Holotype MYANMAR • ♀; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; formerly in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1142); ZFMK-MYR7370.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>HABITUS. 55 + 3 body rings; body cylindrical, slender, up to at least 17.9 mm long, 0.6 mm in diameter. Colour brown to greyish (Fig. 3B).</p> <p>HEAD.As wide as collum and body rings 6 onwards, wider than body rings 2–5 (Fig. 3C). Head and labrum with setae. 31/? ommatidia (left side obscured) arranged in 6 rows, posterior 4 rows with 6 ommatidia, row 5 (counted from posterior) with 5, anterior row with 4 ommatidia. Incisura lateralis present, closed (Fig. 3E). Antennae reaching to body ring 5, with 7 antennomeres, covered by setae, 6 = 4&gt; 3&gt; 5&gt; 2&gt; 1&gt; 7, with 4 sensory cones (Fig. 3F).</p> <p>TRUNK. Collum slightly curved, covering posterior margin of head. Collum laterally without striae (Fig. 3C, F). Body rings totally fused from body ring 5 onwards, anterior four body rings with sternite free from pleuro-tergite. Metazonites from body ring 6 onwards distinctly arched and wider than prozonite (Fig. 3C). Body rings with several longitudinal ridges. Metazonites ventrally with at least 5 longitudinal striae, posterior margin with 1 or 2 rows of setae (Fig. 3E), ozopores start lateral from body ring 6.</p> <p>LEGS. Body ring 4 legless, from body ring 5 onwards 2 leg pairs per body ring. Midbody legs with coxa, prefemur, femur, postfemur, tibia, tarsus. Podomeres with few setae. Tarsus&gt; femur&gt; postfemur = prefemur&gt; tibia&gt; coxa. Tarsus with tarsal claw and accessory spine (only visible on well preserved legs separated from body, other legs partly decomposed). Podomeres with setae (Fig. 3G). 1 st and 2 nd leg pair shorter and stouter than midbody legs (Fig. 3G).</p> <p>POSTERIOR BODY RINGS. Preanal ring without epiproct projecting, with marginal setae. Subanal scale not projecting over anal valve. Posterior body rings and anal valves covered by fungi (Fig. 3D).</p> <p>MALE. Unknown.</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 17.9 mm long, 0.6 mm in diameter.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION.Amber flat, oval-shaped, polished, 48.3 × 29.5 × 7.4 mm, yellow, reddish transparent (Fig. 3A).</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Same as in ZFMK-MYR7370 (Electrocambala ornata gen. et sp. nov.).</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. From body ring 8 onwards body rings and anal valves partially covered by white, filamentous substance. Only right side of anterior body visible, left side obscured by leaf, several legs detached, next to body (Fig. 3B).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF86FFAA1A0EFB73FDA8FA39	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF84FFAB1A4AFA5BFA81FE25.text	03FC2A12FF84FFAB1A4AFA5BFA81FE25.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Electrocambala Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Electrocambala gen. nov. sp.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>MYANMAR • 1 ♀; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1990).</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 8.4 mm long, 0.5 mm in diameter.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION. Semicircle, 15.5 × 1.1 × 2.6 mm. Polished, yellow transparent.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Soil particles, sporangia of fungi, stellate hairs, small brown droplets.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Specimen hollow, only sclerotized parts preserved. Only anterior 35 body rings preserved. From body ring 6 onwards only right half preserved. Cracks in amber filled by minerals.</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>This specimen is not sufficiently preserved to identify it as either one of the two species described above, or as a third species. This specimen was identified as a member of Electrocambala gen. nov. based on the following character combination: legs with accessory spine, gap between leg pair 3 and leg pair 4.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF84FFAB1A4AFA5BFA81FE25	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF85FFAB1AA6FE42FD78FB87.text	03FC2A12FF85FFAB1AA6FE42FD78FB87.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kachincambala Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Kachincambala gen. nov.</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D64F73BD-381E-4028-B362-EA1DE2B6442F</p> <p>Figs 4–5</p> <p>Type species</p> <p>Kachincambala muelleri gen. et sp. nov.</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>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).</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Other species included</p> <p>Kachincambala distorta gen. et sp. nov.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF85FFAB1AA6FE42FD78FB87	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF85FFAD1A0EFBE0FB53FA8C.text	03FC2A12FF85FFAD1A0EFBE0FB53FA8C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kachincambala muelleri Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Kachincambala muelleri gen. et sp. nov.</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F9CC6697-1E02-4A41-AABA-1E5EE46D7AFA</p> <p>Fig. 4</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Kachincambala muelleri gen. et sp. nov. differs from the only other species of the genus, K. distorta gen. et sp. nov., in gonopod characters. The anterior gonopod coxite is more stout in K. muelleri gen. et sp. nov., less than twice as long as wide, while it is more narrow in K. distorta gen. et sp. nov. The inner lobe is apically rounded, nearly triangular and bends mesally. The outer lobe of the anterior gonopod is short and broad, oriented more laterally than in K. distorta gen. et sp. nov. Telopodite of anterior gonopod is broad, shorter than coxite. Posterior gonopod simple, broad, reaching over inner lobe of coxite.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>In honour of Patrick Müller, who granted us access to his large collection of inclusions in Burmese amber for study, which resulted in the discovery of the specimens studied here, and who donated the type material to the ZFMK. Noun in the adjective case.</p> <p>Type material</p> <p>Holotype MYANMAR • ♂; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; formerly in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB3757); ZFMK-MYR10225.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>HABITUS.&gt;41 body rings; cylindrical and slender, up to at least 12 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. Colour dark brown to greyish (Fig. 4A–C).</p> <p>HEAD. As wide as collum and body rings 6 onwards, wider than body rings 2–5. Head and labrum with setae. Labrum with three teeth (Fig. 4D).&gt;30 ommatidia arranged in several rows. Incisura lateralis present, closed.Antennae ca 800 µm long, covered by setae, 7&lt;1&lt;2&lt;4=5&lt;3&lt;6, with four apical sensory cones (Fig. 4B). Mandible base with small cardo ca ¼ of length of large stipes (Fig. 4C). Gnathochilarium with mentum divided in eumentum and promentum, large triangular lamella lingualis, large stipites occupying entire length of gnathochilarium, with inner and outer palp (Fig. 4E).</p> <p>TRUNK. Collum large, laterally with triangular extension. Body rings 2–5 narrower than collum and following body rings. Body rings totally fused from body ring 5 onwards, anterior four body rings with sternite free from pleuro-tergite. Body rings from body ring 5 onwards with distinctly arched metazonite and wider than prozonite. Metazonite ventrally with 7–9 striae. Ozopores from body ring 6 onwards positioned ventro-lateral on metazonite (Fig. 4C).</p> <p>LEGS. Body rings 3 and 4 seemingly legless, from body ring 5 onwards 2 leg pairs per body ring (Fig. 4B). Anterior three leg pairs shorter than following legs but not reduced in segmentation. Midbody legs with coxa, prefemur, femur, postfemur, tibia, tarsus. Podomeres covered by setae. Tarsus&gt; tibia&gt; prefemur = femur&gt; postfemur&gt; coxa. Accessory spine on tarsus absent.</p> <p>POSTERIOR BODY RINGS. Unknown.</p> <p>MALE SEXUAL CHARACTERS. Leg pair 1 reduced in size, not in segmentation (Fig. 4A). Anterior gonopod plate-like, coxite with apically rounded inner lobe and shorter outer lobe, which extends laterad. Inner lobe ca two times as long as outer lobe. Telopodite as long as coxite’s inner lobe, apically rounded. Presence of flagellum unknown. Posterior gonopod as long as anterior gonopod; apically with rounded lobe extending laterally (Fig. 4F–G).</p> <p>FEMALE SEXUAL CHARACTERS. Unknown.</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. Ca 12 mm long, 0.5 mm in diameter.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION. Flat, triangular, 15.5 × 8.9 × 3.0 mm. Yellow transparent with brownish areas close to animal. With crack.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Insect remains, stellate hairs.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Specimen straight. Posterior body rings missing (cut away). Mid body partially obscured by crack. Gonopods everted. Defence fluid released from ozopores (Fig. 4A).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF85FFAD1A0EFBE0FB53FA8C	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF83FFAF1A09FAEFFB5FF85B.text	03FC2A12FF83FFAF1A09FAEFFB5FF85B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kachincambala distorta Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Kachincambala distorta gen. et sp. nov.</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: EBD66E4D-D2FB-40EC-B1EC-D429C7465428</p> <p>Fig. 5</p> <p>Diagnosis</p> <p>Forty-two ommatidia arranged in circular patch (Fig. 5A). Anal valve with 8 marginal setae. Male leg pair 1 well-developed (Fig 5D). Kachincambala distorta gen. et sp. nov. differs from the only other species of the genus, K. muelleri gen. et sp. nov., in gonopod characters: unlike in K. distorta gen. et sp. nov., the posterior gonopod of K. muelleri gen. et sp. nov. does not possess a lateral lobe apically. On the anterior gonopod, the outer lobe of the anterior gonopod’s coxite is nearly as long as the inner lobe in K distorta gen. et sp. nov., while the outer lobe is short and broad, oriented more laterally in K. muelleri gen. et sp. nov. Furthermore, the anterior gonopod’s telopodite is in K. distorta gen. et sp. nov. apically pointed and not rounded as in K. muelleri gen. et sp. nov. (Fig. 5F–G).</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p>From the Latin word ʻ distortus ʼ, meaning ʻdistortedʼ or ʻdeformedʼ, referring to the strong deformation of the specimen and especially its gonopods. Noun in the adjective case.</p> <p>Type material</p> <p>Holotype MYANMAR • ♂; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; formerly in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1839); ZFMK-MYR7368.</p> <p>Description</p> <p>HABITUS. 56 + 4 body rings. Body cylindrical, slender, up to at least 20.8 mm in length, 0.4 mm in diameter. Colour grey to brown (Fig 5A).</p> <p>HEAD. As wide as collum and body ring 6 onwards, wider than body rings 2–5. 42/39 ommatidia arranged in circular patch (Fig. 5C). Incisura lateralis present, closed. Antennae with 7 antennomeres, reaching to posterior margin of body ring 4, 6 =3&gt;4&gt;5&gt;2&gt;1&gt; 7, with 4 apical sensory cones (Fig. 5D). Labrum tridentate, with setae. Mandibular base divided in small cardo and large stipes (Fig. 5D). Gnathochilarium with eumentum and promentum. Lamella lingualis reaching to lower third of promentum, not touching eumentum. Promentum not completely separating the lamellae lingualis. Stipes of gnathochilarium along whole length of gnathochilarium touching gula laterally.</p> <p>TRUNK. Collum only slightly curved, projecting over posterior margin of head, reaching laterally to height of mandibular base (Fig. 5C). Collum ventrally with 6 grooves on posterior margin (Fig. 5D). Body rings totally fused from body ring 5 onwards. Metazonite from body ring 5 onwards distinctly arched, wider than prozonite. Metazonite ventrally with 6 to 9 striae (Fig. 5C). Posterior margin dorsally with few setae (Fig. 5D). Ozopores start on body ring 6. Midbody rings (9) ca 0.8 times as long as diameter (Fig. 5C).</p> <p>LEGS. First two leg pairs surrounded by first pleuro-tergite (collum), leg pair 3 surrounded by 2 nd pleurotergite, body rings 3 and 4 legless, from body ring 5 onwards 2 leg pairs per body ring (Fig. 5C). Midbody legs with coxa, prefemur, femur, postfemur, tibia, tarsus. Podomeres with few setae. Tarsus with one claw, no apical spine (Fig. 5E). Tarsus&gt; prefemur&gt; postfemur&gt; femur = tibia&gt; coxa. Coxa of 2 nd leg pair inserted medial of coxa of 1 st leg pair.</p> <p>POSTERIOR BODY RINGS. Preanal ring without epiproct projecting, with few setae. Valves with at least 8 marginal setae. Subanal scale not projecting over valve.</p> <p>MALE SEXUAL CHARACTERS. In males leg pairs 1 and 2 slightly reduced in size but not in segmentation. In leg pair 2 femur&gt; tarsus&gt; tibia = postfemur = prefemur&gt; coxa. Except leg pair 1 with tarsal claw. Coxa of leg pair 2 inserted medial of coxa of leg pair 1. Paired penis located behind leg pair 2, within pouch. Anterior and posterior gonopods on body ring 7 well-developed, retracted into body. Left gonopods highly deformed (Fig. 5F–G). Anterior gonopod with telopodite slightly longer than coxite, apically pointed. Coxite long, slender, with two lobes, outer lobe pointed and nearly as long as inner lobe. Inner lobe apically rounded. Presence of flagellum unknown. Posterior gonopod longer than anterior gonopod, anterior surface of posterior gonopod with possible seminal groove (Fig. 5F–G).</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 20.8 mm long, 0.4 mm in diameter (Fig. 5A).</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION.Amber flat, elliptical, 19.7 × 14.8 × 3.9 mm. Polished, yellow transparent (Fig. 5A).</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Soil particles, plant parts, pollen, antennae, leg parts and cuticle of arthropods.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Specimen bend dorsally. Front of specimen laterally flattened (compressed, cuticle partially broken) (Fig. 5A). Left antenna missing (Fig. 5B). Preanal segment damaged.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF83FFAF1A09FAEFFB5FF85B	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF9EFFB01A4AFB8FFBE2F946.text	03FC2A12FF9EFFB01A4AFB8FFBE2F946.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kachincambala Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Kachincambala gen. nov. sp.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>MYANMAR • 1 ♂; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; ZFMK-MYR6121.</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 5.3 mm long, 0.3 mm in diameter, 24 + 6 body rings.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION. Oval, flat, 6.0 × 13.5 × 4.1 mm. Light yellow, transparent.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Archaeognatha, aphid, Hymenoptera?, mite, stellate hair.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Anterior body rings compressed. Posterior body rings partly polished away.</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>This specimen is identified as a member of the Electrocambalidae fam. nov. based on the large gap between leg pairs 3 and 4 and the presence of setae on the head and the posterior margin of the body rings. It is determined as a member of Kachincambala gen. nov. based on the absence of an accessory spine. For a detailed description the animal is not sufficiently preserved.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF9EFFB01A4AFB8FFBE2F946	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF9EFFB01A4AFE99FD1FFC6C.text	03FC2A12FF9EFFB01A4AFE99FD1FFC6C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kachincambala Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Kachincambala gen. nov. sp.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>MYANMAR • 1 specimen; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1115).</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 9.0 mm long, 0.3 mm in diameter.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION. Rectangular, 14.2 × 5.3 × 2.5 mm. Polished, yellow, transparent.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Sporangia of fungi, pollen grains, plant parts.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Laterally flattened. Head damaged on both sides, body rings partially damaged on left side. Muscles visible within legs. Amber with fissure along specimen.</p> <p>Remarks</p> <p>This specimen is identified as a member of Kachincambala gen. nov. based on the absence of an accessory spine. The poor preservation of this specimen prevents any assignment to the species of Kachincambala described here or to describe it as a new species.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF9EFFB01A4AFE99FD1FFC6C	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF9EFFB11A4AF8A5FAA4FDA4.text	03FC2A12FF9EFFB11A4AF8A5FAA4FDA4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kachincambala Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Kachincambala gen. nov. sp.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>MYANMAR • 1 ♀; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB4098).</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 13.0 mm long, 0.4 mm in diameter, 43 +3 body rings.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION. Triangular, flat, 15.0 × 10.8 × 2.3 mm. Light yellow, transparent.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Stellate hairs.</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Anterior body rings compressed. Posterior body rings partly polished away.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF9EFFB11A4AF8A5FAA4FDA4	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
03FC2A12FF9FFFB11A71FDC5FD8EFBEF.text	03FC2A12FF9FFFB11A71FDC5FD8EFBEF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Electrocambalidae Moritz & Wesener 2021	<div><p>Electrocambalidae fam. nov. sp.</p> <p>Material examined</p> <p>MYANMAR • 1 specimen; Kachin State, Hukawng Valley, Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber inclusion; in the collection of Patrick Müller (BuB1144).</p> <p>Measurements and taphonomy</p> <p>MEASUREMENTS. 13.8 mm long, 0.4 mm in diameter.</p> <p>AMBER DESCRIPTION. Spherical, flat, 44.4 × 33.6 × 15.9 mm. Polished, yellow, transparent.</p> <p>SYNINCLUSIONS. Soil particles, bark, Archaeognatha, Diptera, Hymenoptera (wasp, ant).</p> <p>TAPHONOMIC FEATURES. Body straight. Imprint of body next to specimen. Body dorsally flattened, cuticle partially broken. Layering of amber.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC2A12FF9FFFB11A71FDC5FD8EFBEF	Public Domain	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.		Plazi	Moritz, Leif;Wesener, Thomas	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): 22-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397
