Chikilidae Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer, Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2012
Chikilidae Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer, Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2012, Proc. R. Soc. London, B, Biol. Sci., 279: 2398. Type genus: Chikila Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer, Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2012.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Northeastern Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura; likely to occur in adjacent Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Comment
Most closely related to Herpelidae according to the original publication.
Contained taxa
- Chikila Kamei, San Mauro, Gower, Van Bocxlaer, Sherratt, Thomas, Babu, Bossuyt, Wilkinson, and Biju, 2012 (1 sp.)
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