@article {1736, title = {Porcellionides sexfasciatus new to Britain and some rainforest goodies}, journal = {Newsletter of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group}, volume = {41}, year = {2020}, month = {15/11/2020}, pages = { 6-7}, abstract = {

Recommended citation: Gregory, S. (2020): Porcellionides sexfasciatus new to Britain and some rainforest goodies. Newsletter of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group, 41: 6-7.

}, url = {https://www.bmig.org.uk/sites/www.bmig.org.uk/files/news/BMIGnews41-2020.pdf}, author = {Gregory, Steve} } @article {1188, title = {Soil Health and Arthropods: From Complex System to Worthwhile Investigation}, journal = {Insects}, volume = {11}, year = {2020}, month = {16/01/2020}, pages = {1-21}, abstract = {

The dramatic increase in soil degradation in the last few decades has led to the need to identify methods to define not only soil quality but also, in a holistic approach, soil health. In the past twenty years, indices based on living communities have been proposed alongside the already proven physical-chemical methods. Among them, some soil invertebrates have been included in monitoring programs as bioindicators of soil quality. Being an important portion of soil fauna, soil arthropods are involved in many soil processes such as organic matter decomposition and translocation, nutrient cycling, microflora activity regulation and bioturbation. Many studies have reported the use of soil arthropods to define soil quality; among taxa, some have been explored more in depth, typically Acari and Collembola, while generally less abundant groups, such as Palpigradi or Embioptera, have not been investigated much. This paper aims to evaluate and compare the use of different soil microarthropod taxa in soil degradation/quality studies to highlight which groups are the most reported for soil monitoring and which are the most sensitive to soil degradation. We have decided not to include the two most present and abundant taxa, Acari and Collembola, in this paper in consideration of the vast amount of existing literature and focus the discussion on the other microarthropod groups. We reported some studies for each taxon highlighting the use of the group as soil quality indicator. A brief section reporting some indices based on soil microarthropods is proposed at the end of this specific discussion. This paper can be considered as a reference point in the use of soil arthropods to estimate soil quality and health.

}, keywords = {bioindicators, macroarthropods, mesofauna, microarthropods, soil biodiversity, soil degradation, soil quality}, issn = {2075-4450}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010054}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/1/54}, author = {Menta, Cristina and Remelli, Sara} } @article {997, title = {A taxonomic key for nine first record species of Chilopoda-Arthropoda in Central Iraq}, journal = {Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera}, volume = {51}, year = {2020}, month = {15/05/2020}, pages = {608-614}, abstract = {

This study aimed to classified some species of Chilopoda which is the first record in Iraq. The samples collected from April 2018 to March 2019, in some areas of central of Iraq, which are: Baghdad, Anbar, Babylon, Diyala and Qadisiyah. We found nine species from 183 numbers of samples. The species we recorded for a first time in Iraq are: Scolopendra amazonica, S. afer, Cormocephalus nigrificatus, Cryptops anomalans, Geophilus flavus, Haplophilus souletinus, Lithobius microps, Lamyctes emarginatus and Scutigera coleoptrata. The species were supported by photos, then the samples where stored in Iraq Natural History Research center and Museum.

Remark: Keywords are wrong and were not added. The printed keywords belong to the subsequent article (by the same authors) in the issue.

}, keywords = {Choneiulus, Julidae, millipedes, Polydesmidae, Polydesmus}, issn = {0022-4324}, doi = {10.36872/LEPI/V51I2/301119}, url = {https://www.lepidopteraresearchfoundation.org/abstract.php?id=210}, author = {Al-Doori, Maysaloon Lafta and Azooz, Hayder Wahhab and Al-Door, Nibrass Lafta} } @article {973, title = {New data on lithobiomorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) from anthropogenic habitats of Siberia}, journal = {Far Eastern Entomologist}, year = {2020}, month = {02/11/2020}, pages = {9-14}, abstract = {

An annotated list of nine species of centipedes found in the urban, suburban, agricultural and anthropogenic habitats of Siberia is given. Lamyctes africanus (Porath, 1871) is recorded from Russia for the first time. Lamyctes emarginatus (Newport, 1844) is new for the fauna of the Republic of Altai, Lithobius nordenskioeldii Stuxberg, 1876 is new for Irkutskaya Oblast, and Lithobius lucifugus L. Koch, 1862 is newly reported from Kras\­noyarskii Krai and the Republic of Khakassia.

Новые сведения по многоножкам-костянкам (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) из антропогенных местообитаний Сибири

Резюме: Приводится аннотированный список 9 видов многоножек-костянок из урбанизированных, пригородных, сельскохозяйственных и других антропогенных местообитаний Сибири. Впервые из России указывается Lamyctes africanus (Porath, 1871). Впервые для Республики Алтай приводится Lamyctes emarginatus (Newport, 1844), для Иркутской области \– Lithobius nordenskioeldii Stuxberg, 1876, а для Красноярского края и Республики Хакасия \– Lithobius lucifugus L. Koch, 1862.

}, keywords = {centipedes, fauna, Henicopidae, Lithobiidae, new records, Russia}, issn = {1026-051X}, doi = {10.25221/fee.418.2}, url = {http://www.biosoil.ru/FEE/}, author = {Nefediev, Pavel S. and Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh. and Efimov, Dmitri A.} } @booklet {866, title = {Newsletter of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group, 41, Autumn 2020}, year = {2020}, abstract = {

The newsletter includes items on: Centipede atlas update. The Darwin Tree of Life project. Luminous centipedes. Some rainforest goodies. Paul Richards giving an introduction to millipedes. Hebridean fossil millipedes in the Times.

Published: 15.11.2020 (website upload date, communicated by Steve Gregory).

}, url = {https://www.bmig.org.uk/sites/www.bmig.org.uk/files/news/BMIGnews41-2020.pdf}, author = {Helen J. Read} }