@article {950, title = {Life after the mother{\textquoteright}s hug: Late post-embryonic development of Cryptops parisi (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae)}, journal = {Arthropod Structure \& Development}, volume = {57}, year = {2020}, month = {20/05/2020}, pages = {1-11}, abstract = {

Here we describe in detail the late post-embryonic development of the common European scolopendromorph centipede Cryptops parisi. Canonical variate analyses of two groups of external morphological characters, viz., cephalic capsule characters (head length, length of the anterior and posterior paramedian cephalic sutures) and coxopleuron surface characters (number of pores in the coxal pore-field, number of setae on the posterior coxopleuron edge, their number on the coxal pore-field, and their number posterior to the coxal pore-field) were conducted on a large sample of specimens collected from two localities in Serbia. Ten free-living stages are recognized: three pre-adult stages (adolescens I, II, and III) and seven adult stages (one maturus junior stage, four maturus, and two maturus senior stages). The fourth late post-embryonic stage is the first mature stage in both sexes. Sexual dimorphism in the aforementioned characters was not observed. Morphological variation of coxopleuron characters was more informative for the discrimination of developmental stages in Cryptops than the morphological variation of cephalic capsule characters.

}, keywords = {Adolescence, Canonical Variate Analysis, Developmental stages, Epimorpha, Epimorphosis, Sexual dimorphism}, issn = {1467-8039}, doi = {10.1016/j.asd.2020.100948}, url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1467803920300086?via\%3Dihub}, author = {Stojanovi{\'c}, Dalibor Z. and Vuji{\'c}, Vukica D. and Lu{\v c}i{\'c}, Luka R. and Tomi{\'c}, Vladimir T. and Makarov, Slobodan E. and Miti{\'c}, Bojan M.} } @article {104, title = {Geophilus serbicus sp. nov., a new species from the Balkan Peninsula (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4658}, year = {2019}, month = {23/08/2019}, pages = {556 - 570}, abstract = {

Geophilus serbicus sp. nov., a new epigeic centipede species, is described and illustrated based on specimens collected from the Stara Planina Mountains (the Balkan Mountain Range), Eastern Serbia, Balkan Peninsula. Considerations on the taxonomic relationships with some similar Geophilus species are briefly presented, and the distribution of the new species is mapped.

}, keywords = {Balkans, centipedes, Geophilus, Myriapoda, new species, Serbia, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4658.310.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.7}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4658.3.7}, author = {Stojanovi{\'c}, Dalibor Z. and Miti{\'c}, Bojan M. and Gedged, Amna M. and Dragan {\v Z}. Anti{\'c} and Makarov, Slobodan E.} } @article {103, title = {Early development of the centipede Geophilus serbicus (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) from the Balkan Peninsula}, journal = {Invertebrate Reproduction \& Development}, year = {2020}, month = {10/02/2020}, pages = {1 - 11}, abstract = {

The first detailed description of early development of the recently described European geophilid Geophilus serbicus is presented. Based on specimens from a natural population from the Balkan Peninsula, new insight was gained into the reproductive and developmental biology of the group. Changes in the morphology of brooded specimens allow 15 early developmental stages obligatorily dependent on prolonged maternal care, arranged in three phases (embryonic, embryoid, and adolescent) to be distinguished. The embryonic phase includes eight stages, followed by an intermediate stage of hatching, followed in turn by five embryoid stages and one adolescens stage. Detailed morphological descriptions of all stages are provided. Adolescens I is recognized as the first stage at which species and sex identification are possible. Besides the description of the earliest stages, we provide notes on reproductive behaviour and ecological features of the species.

}, keywords = {embryoid development, Embryonic development, parental care, postembryonic development, Serbia}, issn = {0792-4259}, doi = {10.1080/07924259.2020.1726514}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07924259.2020.1726514}, author = {Stojanovi{\'c}, Dalibor Z. and Miti{\'c}, Bojan M. and Dudi{\'c}, Boris D. and Gedged, Amna M. and Tomi{\'c}, Vladimir T. and Dragan {\v Z}. Anti{\'c} and Makarov, Slobodan E.} }