@article {1213, title = {Redescription and new combination for Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, with a new name for the homonym Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)}, journal = {Graellsia}, volume = {77}, year = {2021}, month = {31/05/2021}, pages = {e137}, abstract = {

Abstract: The Mexican millipede Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, has remained as incertae sedis for over a century. Examination of the holotype shows that the species belongs to Amplinus, a genus of the large polydesmidan family Aphelidesmidae. Here, we present a full redescription of the holotype of Amplinus flavocarinatus (Daday, 1889) comb. nov. On the other hand, Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (currently included in the genus Pycnotropis) is a junior primary homonym of E. flavocarinatus Daday, 1889 and, to solve this issue, the name Pycnotropis silvestrii Recuero \& Aguado-Aranda new name is proposed to replace Silvestri\’s name.

Redescripci\ón y nueva combinaci\ón de Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, y nuevo nombre para el hom\ónimo Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)

Resumen: El milpi\és mexicano Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, ha permanecido como incertae sedis por m\ás de un siglo. El examen del holotipo demuestra que la especie pertenece al g\énero Amplinus dentro de la amplia familia Aphelidesmidae, orden Polydesmida. En el presente trabajo presentamos una redescripci\ón completa del holotipo de Amplinus flavocarinatus (Daday, 1889) comb. nov. Por otro lado, Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (actualmente cosiderada dentro del g\énero Pycnotropis) es un hom\ónimo primario m\ás reciente de E. flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, por lo que proponemos el nombre Pycnotropis silvestrii Recuero \& Aguado-Aranda nom. nov. para sustituir el nombre de Silvestri y resolver la homonimia.

}, keywords = {Amplinus, homonimia, homonymy, nomenclatura, nomenclature, Pycnotropis, redescripci{\'o}n, redescription, Taxonom{\'\i}a, Taxonomy}, issn = {1989-953X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2021.v77.299}, url = {https://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/656}, author = {Recuero, Ernesto and Aguado-Aranda, Pablo} } @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 {886, title = {A redescription and a synonym in the South Asian millipede genus Xenobolus Carl, 1919 (Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4780}, year = {2020}, month = {22/05/2020}, pages = {165-179}, abstract = {

The South Asian spiroboloid species Xenobolus carnifex (Fabricius, 1775) is redescribed and illustrated in detail. The genus Xenobolus Carl, 1919 is diagnosed and its relationship and subfamily placement within Pachybolidae Cook, 1897 are discussed. The species Xenobolus acuticonus Attems, 1936 is synonymised with X. carnifex based on morphological and DNA barcoding data. Information on the natural history of X. carnifex is provided and its current distribution is mapped.

}, keywords = {distribution, India, monotypy, natural history, redescription, synonymy}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4780.1.8}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4780.1.8}, author = {Sankaran, Pradeep M. and Sebastian, Pothalil A.} } @article {256, title = {Steps towards a phylogeny of the pill millipedes: non-monophyly of the family Protoglomeridae, with an integrative redescription of Eupeyerimhoffia archimedis (Diplopoda, Glomerida)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {510}, year = {2015}, month = {3006/2015}, pages = {49 - 64}, abstract = {

Eupeyerimhoffia archimedis (Strasser, 1965) is redescribed based on several specimens collected at a number of sites close to the type locality on Sicily, Italy. Scanning electron microscopy is used to illustrate several unusual morphological characters for a member of the Glomerida for the first time. A fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene (668bp) is sequenced for the first time in Eupeyerimhoffia to provide a species-specific barcode and to gain first insights into the genetic distances between the genera in the widespread family Protoglomeridae. The novel sequences are compared to representatives of all other genera of the family: Protoglomeris vasconica (Br\ölemann, 1897) from northern Spain, the dwarfed Glomerellina laurae Silvestri, 1908 from Italy and Glomeroides primus (Silvestri, 1929) from western North America. The addition of COI sequences from the two other families of the Glomerida renders the family Protoglomeridae paraphyletic with Glomeroides primus being more closely related to Glomeridella minima (Latzel, 1884) than to the other genera in the family. The large genetic distances (13.2\–16.8\%) between Eupeyerimhoffia and the other genera in the order, as well as its unusual morphological characters, including unique morphological adaptations to roll into a ball, are probably an indication of the old age of the group.

}, keywords = {COI, Glomerida, integrative, redescription, Sicily, Taxonomy}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.510.8675}, url = {http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5524}, author = {Oeyen, Jan Philip and Wesener, Thomas} } @article {191, title = {Taxonomic status and behavioural documentation of the troglobiont Lithobius matulici (Myriapoda, Chilopoda) from the Dinaric Alps: Are there semiaquatic centipedes in caves?}, journal = {Zookeys}, volume = {848}, year = {2019}, month = {20/05/2019}, pages = {1-20}, abstract = {

Lithobius matulici Verhoeff, 1899 is redescribed based on type material and newly collected specimens. Strandiolus jugoslavicus Hoffer, 1937, described from another cave in the same region in Bosnia and Hercegovina, is presented as a junior subjective synonym of L. matulici (syn. nov.). L. matulici is shown to be most closely related to Lithobius remyi Jaw{\l}owski, 1933, type species of the subgenus Thracolithobius Matic, 1962. The completeness of the chitin-lines on the forcipular coxosternite is discussed as a promising character for interspecific differentiation within Lithobiomorpha. Documentation of hitherto unknown semiaquatic behaviour in L. matulici and other cave-dwelling centipede species from Herzegovinian-, Montenegrin- and Pyrenean caves is presented.

}, keywords = {Balkan Peninsula, Biospeleology, Cave, Lithobiomorpha, redescription, semiaquatic lifestyle, synonymy}, issn = {1313{\textendash}2989}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.848.33084}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/33084/}, author = {L{\'a}szl{\'o} D{\'a}nyi and Bal{\'a}zs, Gergely and Ivan Hadri{\'a}n Tuf} } @article {119, title = {Miri{\'a}podos de Venezuela. Descripci{\'o}n de siete nuevas especies del g{\'e}nero Rhysida y redescripci{\'o}n de Rhysida longipes Newport, 1845 (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae)}, journal = {Aula y Ambiente, Revista Ambiental}, volume = {2}, year = {2002}, pages = {49-60}, keywords = {Chilopoda, miri{\'a}podos, myriapods, new species, Nuevas especies, redescripci{\'o}n, redescription, Rhysida, Scolopendridae, Venezuela}, issn = {1317-7478}, author = {Gonz{\'a}lez-Sponga, Manuel {\'A}ngel} } @article {4, title = {On the true identity of Scolopendra aztecorum Verhoeff, 1934 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)}, journal = {Ecologica Montenegrina}, volume = {7}, year = {2016}, pages = {405-413}, chapter = {405}, abstract = {

The genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 currently comprises 13 valid species in Mexico. One of the species, Scolopendra aztecorum Verhoeff, 1934 has been considered a potential synonym of S. viridis Say, 1821, S. polymorpha Wood, 1861, or Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus (Pocock, 1895). To shed light on its true status, five of the six syntype specimens were examined, redescribed and illustrated for the first time. Scolopendra aztecorum is diagnosable from all other Mexican species and remains in the genus Scolopendra as a valid species.

}, keywords = {endemic, M{\'e}xico, redescription, Scolopendra}, issn = {2336-9744}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/25397}, author = {Carlos A. Mart{\'\i}nez-Mu{\~n}oz and Dolej{\v s}, Petr and Kronm{\"u}ller, Christian} }