@article {1436, title = {GLOMYRIS and TYMUNAC: Myriapoda and Acari databases of the GBIF-D node invertebrates II}, journal = {Spixiana - Zeitschrift f{\"u}r Zoologie}, volume = {34}, year = {2011}, month = {09/2011}, pages = {11-20}, abstract = {

The section Arthropoda varia at ZSM houses large collections of Myriapoda and Acari of high taxonomic importance, including those of K. W. Verhoeff, Graf H. Vitzthum, L. Kneissl, C. Willmann, and W. Hirschmann. Within the framework of the node invertebrates II of the German Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF-D), internet accessible databases are established providing information on type material, synonymy, taxonomic position, references, type locality and various media files. In this article we review our past and current activities, give examples for data queries and types of biodiversity information included. Moreover, we give a brief summary of the activities of the node invertebrates II and the way these activities are embedded in the emerging field of cybertaxonomy. It is our medium term aim to establish comprehensive electronic type catalogues including detailed pictorial information, and our long term aim is to contribute to global information systems for Myriapoda and Acari.

}, issn = {0341-8391}, url = {https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Spixiana_034_0011-0020.pdf}, author = {Melzer, Roland R. and Friedrich, Stefan and Ritzerfeld, Marc and Bohn, Jens and Spelda, J{\"o}rg} } @article {1406, title = {MyrNet, an initiative to exchange data between myriapodological databases}, journal = {International Society for Myriapodology Newsletter}, volume = {6}, year = {2021}, month = {17/11/2021}, pages = {10-11}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356598485}, author = {Decker, Peter and Bonato, Lucio and Carlos A. Mart{\'\i}nez-Mu{\~n}oz and Sierwald, Petra and Spelda, J{\"o}rg and Reip, Hans S. and Voigtl{\"a}nder, Karin} } @article {1173, title = {First record of the spirobolid Eucarlia hoffmani Golovatch \& Kors{\'o}s, 1992 (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae) from the Maldives, Indian Ocean}, journal = {Schubartiana}, volume = {9}, year = {2020}, month = {22/09/2020}, pages = {7-11}, abstract = {

The remote Maldivian archipelago in the Indian Ocean has a diverse invertebrate fauna both underwater and on land. While some terrestrial classes, e.g. spiders, orthopterans, or decapods, have thoroughly been investigated and described on these coralline islands, others have been completely neglected. Although millipedes (Diplopoda) are important detritivores in almost all terrestrial ecosystems, they have until now never been reported from the Maldivian islands. Here, we report the finding of Eucarlia hoffmani Golovatch \& Kors\ós, 1992 on one atoll of the Maldivian archipelago. This species has so far only been recorded from a single atoll between Madagascar and the Seychelles (Farquhar atoll) and therefore be considered as \“endangered\” by the IUCN red list. Our record of E. hoffmani on the Maldives suggests that the distribution of E. hoffmani is larger than previously known and that this species might, therefore, be less susceptible to possible extinction than considered.

}, keywords = {Archipelago, millipede, tropical island}, issn = {2568-5570}, url = {https://www.schubartiana.de/issues/pdf/vol9/steibl-2020-first_record_of_Eucarlia_hoffmani.pdf}, author = {Steibl, Sebastian and Spelda, J{\"o}rg and Laforsch, Christian} } @article {1006, title = {Hungarosoma bokori Verhoeff, 1928 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida): new insights into its taxonomy, systematics, molecular genetics, biogeography and ecology}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4178}, year = {2016}, month = {10/2016}, pages = {234{\textendash}256}, chapter = {234}, abstract = {

Hungarosoma bokori Verhoeff, 1928 is a millipede species which was originally classified solely on the basis of a female specimen. Subsequently, a long history of field searching for and surmising about the systematic position of this small, enigmatic species followed. In April 2013, 85 years after its first description, a series of nine specimens were sampled in the type locality, the Abaliget Cave, in southern Hungary. An adult male was collected for the first time, along with females and juveniles. Descriptions of the gonopods and the female vulvae, both important for considerations of the systematic position of the species, are presented for the first time. Revision and re-designation of the type material was made. The cryptic life of the species is connected with its activity in winter, and its known fragmented distribution corresponds with its presence in undisturbed microhabitats having a specific microclimate, often in the soil at cave entrances.
Molecular methods showed a positive detection of the intracellular prokaryotic parasite Wolbachia in H. bokori, reflecting its highly probable parthenogenetic character in the main part of its known area of occurrence. This is the first demonstration of Wolbachia in a millipede.
The legitimacy of the family Hungarosomatidae Ceuca, 1974, as a separate taxon was analysed using morphological and molecular approaches. Results of both methods confirmed the existence of a distinct phyletic line. DNA barcoding has shown its closest position to Attemsiidae Verhoeff, 1899, or Neoatractosomatidae Verhoeff, 1901. Based on records from Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, the residual circum-pannonic distribution that the whole genus (family) probably represents is proposed.

}, keywords = {cytochrome oxidase 1 gene, distribution, DNA barcoding, gonopods, Hungarosomatidae, redescription, Wolbachia}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4178.2.4}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4178.2.4}, author = {Mock, Andrej and Tajovsk{\'y}, Karel and {\v Z}urovcov{\'a}, Martina and Jaro{\v s}ov{\'a}, Andrea and Kocourek, Pavel and Gruber, J{\"u}rgen and Angyal, Dorottya and Spelda, J{\"o}rg} } @article {260, title = {First results of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) {\textendash} Myriapoda project: Cryptic lineages in German Stenotaenia linearis (Koch, 1835) (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {510}, year = {2015}, month = {30/06/2015}, pages = {15-29}, abstract = {

As part of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) Myriapoda program, which aims to sequence the COI barcoding fragment for 2000 specimens of Germany\’s 200 myriapod species in the near future, 44 sequences of the centipede order Geophilomorpha are analyzed. The analyses are limited to the genera Geophilus Leach, 1814 and Stenotaenia Koch, 1847 and include a total of six species. A special focus is Stenotaenia, of which 19 specimens from southern, western and eastern Germany could be successfully sequenced. The Stenotaenia data shows the presence of three to four vastly different (13.7\–16.7\% p-distance) lineages of the genus in Germany. At least two of the three lineages show a wide distribution across Germany, only the lineage including topotypes of S. linearis shows a more restricted distribution in southern Germany. In a maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis the Italian species S. \‘sorrentina\’ (Attems, 1903) groups with the different German S. linearis clades. The strongly different Stenotaenia linearis lineages within Germany, independent of geography, are a strong hint for the presence of additional, cryptic Stenotaenia species in Germany.

}, keywords = {barcode, biodiversity, COI, cryptic diversity}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.510.8852}, url = {http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5514}, author = {Wesener, Thomas and Voigtl{\"a}nder, Karin and Decker, Peter and Oeyen, Jan Philip and Spelda, J{\"o}rg and Lindner, Norman} } @article {259, title = {Barcoding of Central European Cryptops centipedes reveals large interspecific distances with ghost lineages and new species records from Germany and Austria (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {564}, year = {2016}, month = {16/02/2016}, pages = {21 - 46}, abstract = {

In order to evaluate the diversity of Central European Myriapoda species in the course of the German Barcode of Life project, 61 cytochrome c oxidase I sequences of the genus Cryptops Leach, 1815, a centipede genus of the order Scolopendromorpha, were successfully sequenced and analyzed. One sequence of Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829 and one of Theatops erythrocephalus Koch, 1847 were utilized as outgroups. Instead of the expected three species (C. parisi Brolemann, 1920; C. anomalans Newport, 1844; C. hortensis (Donovan, 1810)), analyzed samples included eight to ten species. Of the eight clearly distinguishable morphospecies of Cryptops, five (C. parisi; C. croaticus Verhoeff, 1931; C. anomalans; C. umbricus Verhoeff, 1931; C. hortensis) could be tentatively determined to species level, while a further three remain undetermined (one each from Germany, Austria and Croatia, and Slovenia). Cryptops croaticus is recorded for the first time from Austria. A single specimen (previously suspected as being C. anomalans), was redetermined as C. umbricus Verhoeff, 1931, a first record for Germany. All analyzed Cryptops species are monophyletic and show large genetic distances from one another (p-distances of 13.7\–22.2\%). Clear barcoding gaps are present in lineages represented by \>10 specimens, highlighting the usefulness of the barcoding method for evaluating species diversity in centipedes. German specimens formally assigned to C. parisi are divided into three clades differing by 8.4\–11.3\% from one another; their intra-lineage genetic distance is much lower at 0\–1.1\%. The three clades are geographically separate, indicating that they might represent distinct species. Aside from C. parisi, intraspecific distances of Cryptops spp. in Central Europe are low (\<3.3\%).

}, keywords = {barcode, biodiversity, COI, cryptic diversity, introduced species}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.564.7535}, url = {http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=7535}, author = {Wesener, Thomas and Voigtl{\"a}nder, Karin and Decker, Peter and Oeyen, Jan Philip and Spelda, J{\"o}rg} }