@article {2027, title = {The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VIII. Three new genera and four new species of minute millipedes from Oregon and Washington, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5264}, year = {2023}, month = {14/04/2023}, pages = {323-340}, type = {Article}, abstract = {

We describe three new genera and four new species of small, litter-dwelling millipedes from the states of Oregon and Washington, USA: Miniaria ramifera, n. gen., n. sp., Miniaria richarti, n. gen., n. sp., Tigraria oregonensis, n. gen., n. sp., and Kingaria prattensis, n. gen., n. sp. Some of the unusual characters of these species are discussed, including a new type of sensory array on the third tarsus of males and a newly observed mandibular gland.

}, keywords = {new taxa, northwestern North America, sense organs, Striariinae}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.2}, url = {https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5264.3.2}, author = {Shear, William A. and Marek, Paul E.} } @article {1773, title = {The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VII. Petra sierwaldae, n. gen., n. sp., a minute millipede from Idaho, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5213}, year = {2022}, month = {25/11/2022}, pages = {287-293}, type = {Article}, abstract = {

Petra sierwaldae, n. gen., n. sp. is described from males and females collected at four localities in Kootenai County, Idaho, USA. The new genus is defined by its unique gonopod and ninth leg anatomy, a notched collum and single ommatidium on each side of the head, and lacking third coxal flasks as well as having modified fifth coxae. \ 

}, keywords = {Kootenai County, new genus, new species, Striariinae}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.6}, url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5213.3.6}, author = {Shear, William A. and Marek, Paul E. and Bond, Jason E. and Wesener, Thomas} } @article {1765, title = {The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VI. Six new genera and thirteen new species from western North America (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5205}, year = {2022}, month = {11/11/2022}, pages = {501-531}, abstract = {

The following new genera and species of Striariidae are described from the states of California, Oregon and Washington: Nototrisaria ornata n. gen., n. sp., Maraplia napa n. gen., n. sp., Maraplia chico n. gen., n. sp., Maraplia schusteri n. gen., n. sp., Lamparia curryensis n. gen., n. sp., Lamparia bentonensis n. gen., n. sp., Lamparia pratensis n. gen., n. sp., Lamparia millicoma n. gen., n. sp., Rampalia cheathamensis n. gen., n. sp., Plaramia arcata n. gen., n. sp., Plaramia johnsonae n. gen., n. sp., Ralampia complexa n. gen., n. sp., and Ralampia filamentosa n. gen., n. sp.. The new species are all very small millipedes, 5.5 mm or less in length and with two or three ommatidia on each side of the head or blind. The majority have the sixth metazonital crest larger than the other crests and extended horizontally, so that the animals have the general appearance of having paranota. A new key to striariid genera is presented.

}, keywords = {California, millipedes, Oregon, Washington}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.6.1}, url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5205.6.1}, author = {Shear, William A. and Marek, Paul E.} } @article {1453, title = {Buotidae, a new family for the minute North American milliped Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2290}, year = {2009}, month = {16/11/2009}, pages = {41-49}, abstract = {

Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940, a minute, rarely collected but relatively widespread milliped of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, was originally described as a member of the order Polyzoniida, family Polyzoniidae. Shear (1981) correctly placed the species in the order Chordeumatida and argued for assignment to the suborder Craspedosomatidea, superfamily Brannerioidea, family Tingupidae. New studies of fresh specimens using the scanning electron microscope, however, revealed characters inconsistent with this placement and instead support inclusion of Buotus in the suborder Striariidea, superfamily Striarioidea. Because the species cannot be accommodated in any of the established families of this superfamily, a new family Buotidae is herein erected to receive it.

}, keywords = {Apterouridae, Brannerioidea, morphology, North Carolina, Rhiscosomididae, Striariidae, Taxonomy, Tingupidae, Virginia}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2290.1.4 }, url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2290.1.4}, author = {Shear, William A.} } @article {1439, title = {The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IV. Amplaria oedipus, n. sp., with a secondary sexual modification of males unique among millipedes (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5099}, year = {2022}, month = {10/02/2022}, pages = {137-145}, abstract = {

A new species, Amplaria oedipus, is described from Oregon, USA. Males of the new species have greatly inflated pyriform tarsi on the 5th and 6th legpairs, which is a secondary sexual modification previously not known from any other millipede. \ 

}, keywords = {new species, Oregon}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5099.1.7}, url = {https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5099.1.7}, author = {Shear, William A. and Nosler, Philip and Marek, Paul E.} } @article {1438, title = {The milliped family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. V. Stegostriaria dulcidormus, n. gen., n. sp., Kentrostriaria ohara, n. gen., n. sp., and the convergent evolution of exaggerated metazonital crests (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5094}, year = {2022}, month = {04/02/2022}, pages = {461-472}, abstract = {

Two new genera and species, Stegostriaria dulcidormus (Trisariinae) and Kentrostriaria ohara (Striariinae), are described from Oregon and Idaho, respectively. The new species are distinct from any other striariids, and indeed from any other chordeumatidan millipedes, in having the second dorsal crests greatly enlarged, giving them a fanciful resemblance to stegosaurid dinosaurs. In spite of this similarity, the two species are so distinct they cannot be accommodated in the same genus or the same subfamily. The exaggerated metazonital crests are therefore attributed to convergent evolution. We present a key to the genera of the family Striariidae. \ 

}, keywords = {Idaho, new genus, new species, Oregon}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5094.3.5}, url = {https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5094.3.5}, author = {Shear, William A. and Marek, Paul E.} } @article {1179, title = {Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae. II. Martenseya, a new genus of miniature, blind millipedes from California (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea, Caseyidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4984}, year = {2021}, month = {10/06/2021}, pages = {108-113}, abstract = {

A new genus, Martenseya, is described for Martenseya minutocaeca n. sp., a tiny, blind species in the family Caseyidae from Marin County, California, USA. A key to the chordeumatidan families of northwestern North America is provided, as well as a key to caseyid genera.

}, keywords = {family key, generic key, new species, Trans-Beringian, Underwoodiidae}, issn = {1175-5334}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.10}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4984.1.10}, author = {Shear, William A.} } @article {939, title = {The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893: III. Four new species of Striaria Bollman, 1888 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae) from Idaho, USA}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4920}, year = {2021}, month = {29/01/2021}, pages = {395-406}, abstract = {

The millipede genus Striaria Bollman, 1888 heretofore had been thought to be confined to the Appalachian region of eastern North America, is replaced in western North America by species of the genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941. Collections from northern Idaho show that this is not the case, and that at least four species of Striaria occur in the west. These species are described herein as Striaria aculeata n. sp., S. bombillus n. sp., S. vagabundus n. sp. and S. orator n. sp.

}, keywords = {Appalachia, new species, western millipedes}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4920.3.5}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4920.3.5}, author = {Shear, William A.} } @article {929, title = {The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. II. New records and species of the genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4908}, year = {2021}, month = {14/01/2021}, pages = {205-224}, abstract = {

The millipede genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941 (senior synonym of Vaferaria Causey, 1958 and Speostriaria Causey, 1960) is endemic to western North America, from Mt. Palomar and San Luis Obispo, California, north to southwestern British Columbia, Canada, and east to northern Idaho. Seven species names are currently assigned to the genus. Below I describe ten additional new species: Amplaria crawfordi, Amplaria fontinalis, Amplaria rykkenae, Amplaria arcata, Amplaria baughi, Amplaria staceyi, Amplaria umatilla, Amplaria cervus, Amplaria mendocino and Amplaria flucticulus, and provide new records of Amplaria nazinta Chamberlin.

}, keywords = {California, new species, Oregon, Striaria, troglobites, Washington}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.3}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4908.2.3}, author = {Shear, William A.} } @article {834, title = {Urochordeumatidae Silvestri, 1909, a millipede family endemic to~Washington State, USA (Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4657}, year = {2019}, month = {19/08/2019}, pages = {352-360}, abstract = {

Urochordeumatidae Silvestri, 1909 includes a single species, Urochordeuma bumpusi Silvestri, 1909, with U. porona Chamberlin, 1941 as a new junior subjective synonym. The family Urochordeumatidae is removed from the superfamily Caseyoidea and transferred to the superfamily Striarioidea. The species is known only from four counties in Washington State in the North Cascades: Pierce, King, Thurston and Whatcom. The occurrence of U. bumpusi from Whatcom County is a significant range extension.

}, keywords = {Mount Rainier National Park, Myriapoda, Urochordeuma bumpusi, Urochordeuma porona}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.7}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4657.2.7}, author = {Shear, William A. and Marek, Paul E.} } @article {230, title = {The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4753}, year = {2020}, month = {19/03/2020}, pages = {1-78}, abstract = {

The center of diversity for the chordeumatidan millipede family Conotylidae is northwestern North America, where five of six subfamilies and ten of fourteen previously described genera occur; in this paper, seven additional new genera and 33 new species from the region are described. New species in the genus Taiyutyla Chamberlin, 1952 are: Taiyutyla tillamook, Taiyutyla acuphora, and Taiyutyla amicitia; in the genus Bollmanella Chamberlin, 1941: Bollmanella bombus, Bollmanella washingtonensis and Bollmanella leonardi; in the genus Brunsonia Loomis \& Schmitt, 1971: Brunsonia pulchra, Brunsonia digitata, Brunsonia wenatchee, Brunsonia chelanoparva, Brunsonia chelanomagna, Brunsonia selwayana and Brunsonia benewah. Vancouvereuma n. gen. is described with the type species Taiyutyla shawi Shear 2004. Calityla n. gen. includes the new species Calityla siskiyou, Calityla ubicki, Calityla trinitaria, Calityla essigi, and Calityla humboldtensis. Ovaskella, n. gen. includes the new species Ovaskella ovaskae and Ovaskella sinuosa. Karagama, n. gen. includes the new species Karagama ladybird. Complicatella, n. gen. includes the new species Complicatella pectenifera and Complicatella neili. Bifurcatella n. gen. includes the new species Bifurcatella olympiana, Bifurcatella hoh, Bifurcatella angulata, Bifurcatella pacifica, Bifurcatella germania, Bifurcatella uniclada, Bifurcatella inflata and Bifurcatella hobo. Loomisiella, n. gen. includes the new species Loomisiella evergreen and Loomisiella pylei. New distribution records are provided for numerous previously described species of conotylids. A complete bibliography of the family Conotylidae of the world is also included.

}, keywords = {Alberta, Arthropoda, British Columbia, California, descriptions, Idaho, Nevada, new genera, new species, Oregon, Washington}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4753.1}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4753.1}, author = {Shear, William A. and Richart, Casey H. and Wong, Victoria L.} }