@article {1971, title = {ChiloBase. A web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy}, year = {2006}, abstract = {

Recommended citation: Minelli, A., Bonato, L., Dioguardi, R., Chagas-Jr., A., Edgecombe, G. D., Lewis, J. G. E., Pereira, L. A., Shelley, R. M., Stoev, P., Uliana, M., Zapparoli, M. (2006-2015): ChiloBase. A web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy. Formerly available at http://chilobase.bio.unipd.it

}, keywords = {Chilopoda}, url = {http://chilobase.bio.unipd.it}, author = {Minelli, Alessandro and Bonato, Lucio and Dioguardi, Rosario and Chagas-Jr., Amazonas and Edgecombe, Gregory D. and Lewis, John G. E. and Pereira, Luis Alberto and Shelley, Rowland M. and Stoev, Pavel and Uliana, MARCO and Zapparoli, Marzio} } @article {1526, title = {The scutigeromorphs (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia}, journal = {Historia naturalis bulgarica}, volume = {15}, year = {2002}, pages = {79-85}, abstract = {

This paper is devoted to the treatment of the Scutigeromorpha collection in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia. Seven species, belonging to the Scutigeridae Gervais, 1837 and Pselliodidae W\ürmli, 1978, are reported from 14 countries in Europe, Asia, South and Central America. Thereuonema syriaca Verhoeff, 1905 and Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) are reported for a first time from Pakistan and Nepal, respectively. Two records from Brazil are based on a material from the Museo de Zoologia da USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

}, keywords = {Asia, Chilopoda, Europe, faunistics, Pselliodidae, Scutigeridae, South and Central America}, issn = {0205-3640, 2603-3186}, url = {https://www.nmnhs.com/historia-naturalis-bulgarica/article.php?id=000238000152002}, author = {Stoev, Pavel} } @article {827, title = {Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {1004}, year = {2020}, month = {16/12/2020}, pages = {1-26}, abstract = {

A new species of Cryptops Leach, 1814, C. speleorex sp. nov., is described from Movile Cave, Dobrogea, Romania. The cave is remarkable for its unique ecosystem entirely dependent on methane- and sulfur-oxidising bacteria. Until now, the cave was thought to be inhabited by the epigean species C. anomalans, which is widespread in Europe. Despite its resemblance to C. anomalans, the new species is well-defined morphologically and molecularly based on two mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I COI and 16S rDNA) and one nuclear (28S rDNA) markers. Cryptops speleorex sp. nov. shows a number of troglomorphic traits such as a generally large body and elongated appendages and spiracles, higher number of coxal pores and saw teeth on the tibia of the ultimate leg. With this record, the number of endemic species known from the Movile Cave reaches 35, which ranks it as one of the most species-rich caves in the world.

}, keywords = {Biospeleology, Cryptops speleorex sp. nov., Dobrogea, molecular phylogenetics, new species, troglomorphism}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.1004.58537}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58537/}, author = {Vahtera, Varpu and Stoev, Pavel and Akkari, Nesrine} } @article {814, title = {Revolving SEM images visualising 3D taxonomic characters: application to six species of the millipede genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884, with description of seven new species and an interactive key to the Tunisian members of the genus (Diplopoda, Juli}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {328}, year = {2013}, month = {2013-09-03}, pages = {5-45}, isbn = {1313-2970, 1313-2989}, url = {http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=3610}, author = {Akkari, Nesrine and Koon-Bong Cheung, David and Enghoff, Henrik and Stoev, Pavel} } @article {817, title = {A new cave centipede from Croatia, Eupolybothrus liburnicus sp. n., with notes on the subgenus Schizopolybothrus Verhoeff, 1934 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {687}, year = {2017}, month = {01/08/2017}, pages = {11-43}, abstract = {

A new species of Eupolybothrus Verhoeff, 1907 discovered in caves of Velebit Mountain in Croatia is described. E. liburnicus sp. n. exhibits a few morphological differences from its most similar congeners, all of which are attributed to the subgenus Schizopolybothrus Verhoeff, 1934, and two approaches to species delimitation using the COI barcode region identify it as distinct from the closely allied E. cavernicolus Stoev \& Komeri{\v c}ki, 2013. E. spiniger (Latzel, 1888) is redescribed and a lectotype is designated for it as well as E. caesar (Verhoeff, 1899) to stabilize their respective taxonomic status. The subspecies E. acherontis wardaranus Verhoeff, 1937, previously suspected to be a synonym of E. caesar (Verhoeff, 1899), is redescribed and its taxonomy revised after the study of type material whereas the identity of E. acherontis (Verhoeff, 1900) described from a female from southwest Trebinje (Bosnia and Herzegovina) remains unknown. Type material of E. stygis (Folkmanova, 1940) is confirmed to be lost and future designation of neotypes from topotypic specimens is necessary to stabilize its taxonomy. The importance of setal arrangement on the intermediate and 14th tergites and the sexual modifications on the male 15th prefemur for species identification is discussed in the light of present findings, and a review of the species of E. (Schizopolybothrus) that display these traits is also provided.

}, isbn = {1313-2970}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/13844/}, author = {Akkari, Nesrine and Komeri{\v c}ki, Ana and Weigand, Alexander M. and Edgecombe, Gregory D. and Stoev, Pavel} } @article {806, title = {The scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) of Tunisia: taxonomy, distribution and habitats}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {3}, year = {2008}, month = {16/09/2008}, pages = {77-102}, type = {Research Article}, abstract = {

The present paper provides a review of the composition, distribution and habitat preferences of the scolopendromorph centipedes of Tunisia. Five (sub-)genera and 8 (sub-)species have hitherto been reported from the country, of which two are of uncertain status. After a study of significant amount of new material collected in the period 2003-2008, 6 species, namely Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844, S. morsitans Linnaeus, 1758, Cormocephalus gervaisianus (C.L. Koch, 1841), Otostigmus spinicaudus (Newport, 1844), Cryptops punicus Silvestri, 1896 and C. trisulcatus Br\ölemann, 1902, were found in the country. New illustrations and, where appropriate, brief descriptions of the species are given, along with an identification key for the Tunisian scolopendromorphs. Cryptops anomalans Newport 1844, Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846 and S. cingulata Latreille, 1829 are excluded from the country\’s list since all previous records are most likely based on misidentifications. Cryptops trisulcatus and C. punicus are recorded for the first time from Tunisia and Libya, respectively. The taxonomic position of C. punicus is discussed and the species is transferred from the subgenus Trigonocryptops to Cryptops. Scolopendra morsitans scopoliana is synonymised under S. morsitans. S. canidens, O. spinicaudus and C. punicus are well adapted to arid and semidesert biotopes and have much wider ranges compared to the other three species which are restricted to the northern, more humid parts of the country. S. canidens is the only myriapod in Tunisia found in a pure sandy desert.

}, keywords = {Cormocephalus, Cryptops, deserts, identification key, Libya, oases, Otostigmus, Scolopendra, Tunisia}, issn = {1313-2970, 1313-2989}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.3.51}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=1952}, author = {Akkari, Nesrine and Stoev, Pavel and Lewis, John G.E.} } @article {285, title = {Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates: a review of IUCN and regional Red Lists for Myriapoda}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {930}, year = {2020}, month = {28/04/2020}, pages = {221-229}, abstract = {

Red Listing of Threatened species is recognized as the most objective approach for evaluating extinction risk of living organisms which can be applied at global or national scales. Invertebrates account for nearly 97\% of all animals on the planet but are insufficiently represented in the IUCN Red Lists at both scales. To analyze the occurrence of species present in regional Red Lists, accounts of 48 different countries and regions all over the world were consulted and all data about myriapods (Myriapoda) ever assessed in Red Lists at any level assembled. Myriapod species assessments were found in eleven regional Red Lists; however, no overlap between the species included in the global IUCN Red List and the regional ones was established. This means that myriapod species considered threatened at regional level may not be eligible for international funding specific for protection of native threatened species (more than US$ 25 million were available in the last decade) as most financial instruments tend to support only threatened species included in the IUCN Red List. As the lack of financial resources may limit protection for species in risk of extinction, it is urgent to increase the possibilities of getting financial support for implementation of measures for their protection. A Red List of all Myriapoda species recorded in Red Lists at national or local (596) and global (210) scales totaling 806 species is presented. This list shows for the first time an overview of the current conservation status of Myriapoda species. Here, the urgent need of establishing a Myriapoda Specialist Group in the Species Survival Commission of IUCN is also stressed.

}, keywords = {Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Diplopoda, extinction, national red lists, Pauropoda, risk assessment, Symphyla, threatened species}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.930.48943}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48943/}, author = {Karam-Gemael, Manoela and Decker, Peter and Stoev, Pavel and Marques, Marinez I. and Chagas Jr, Amazonas} } @article {112, title = {Dwarfs under dinosaur legs: a new millipede of the order Callipodida (Diplopoda) from Cretaceous amber of Burma}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {841}, year = {2019}, month = {02/05/2019}, pages = {79 - 96}, abstract = {

The entire Mesozoic Era is rather poor in millipede (class Diplopoda) fossils, with less than a dozen species being taxonomically described. Here, we describe the first fossil millipede of the order Callipodida, Burmanopetalum inexpectatum gen. nov. et sp. nov., found in early Cenomanian amber of Burma, 98.79\±0.62 Mya. The species possesses a number of morphological traits that exclude it from all extant suborders, and Burmanopetalidea suborder nov. and Burmanopetalidae fam. nov. are here erected to accommodate it. The new suborder can be recognized by the following unique characters: pleurotergal setae absent; telson with a specific spatulate shape twice the size of the penultimate body ring; hypoproct devoid of setae; and eyes composed of five well-separated ommatidia. While the callipodidan habitus seems to have remained generally unchanged for at least 99 million years, pleurotergal and hypoproctal setation, as well as the complexity of eyes in ground-dwelling forms may have evolved recently in the order. As B. inexpectatum gen. nov. et sp. nov. is the first true callipodidan in the fossil record, the minimum age of Callipodida is thus at least 99 Mya.

}, keywords = {Burmanopetalidae fam. nov., Burmanopetalidea suborder nov., Burmanopetalum inexpectatum gen. nov. et sp. nov., Cenomanian, Mesozoic}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.841.34991}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/34991/}, author = {Stoev, Pavel and Moritz, Leif and Wesener, Thomas} } @article {95, title = {ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda).}, year = {2016}, abstract = {

\&$\#$39;ChiloBase\&$\#$39; is intended to be a catalogue of all known centipedes (Chilopoda) of the world. It is an electronic database, publicly and freely available through the World Wide Web (http://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/). Based on a nomenclator of all genus- and species-level names, it is intended to offer, as far as possible, a consistent, updated taxonomic system for the Chilopoda. In a searchable web-based format, it aims to be a user-friendly reference database for faunistic, ecological and medical research, as well as to stimulate further taxonomic research. This catalogue is the product of a project developed under the umbrella of GBIF.

}, keywords = {Chilopoda}, url = {https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it}, author = {Bonato, Lucio and Chagas-Jr., Amazonas and Edgecombe, Gregory D. and Lewis, John G. E. and Minelli, Alessandro and Pereira, Luis Alberto and Shelley, Rowland M. and Stoev, Pavel and Marzio Zapparoli} }