@article {1770, title = {The Craspedosomatid{\ae} of North America}, journal = {Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences}, volume = {9}, year = {1895}, month = {10-11/1895}, pages = {1-100}, abstract = {

Recommended citation: Cook, O. F. and G. N. Collins (1895): The Craspedosomatid\æ of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 9 (1-2): 1-100 + pls. I-XII. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35260543

Publication date: Published in two parts, one in October 1895 (signatures 1-5, pp. 1-80) and one in November 1895 (signatures 6-7, pp. 81-100).

}, url = {https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35260543}, author = {Cook, O. F. and Collins, G. N.} } @article {1425, title = {[Letter to Ludwig D{\"o}derlein]}, year = {1898}, month = {08/08/1898}, publisher = {Archives de la Ville et de l{\textquoteright}Eurom{\'e}tropole de Strasbourg}, address = {Strasbourg, Grand Est, France}, abstract = {

Recommended citation: Verhoeff, C. W. (1898, August 8). [Letter to Ludwig D\öderlein]. Archives de la Ville et de l\’Eurom\étropole de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Grand Est, France.

}, author = {Verhoeff, Carl Wilhelm} } @article {1329, title = {Don{\textquoteright}t forget the vertical dimension: assessment of distributional dynamics of cave-dwelling invertebrates in both ground and parietal microhabitats}, journal = {Subterranean Biology}, volume = {40}, year = {2021}, month = {14/10/2021}, pages = {43-63}, abstract = {

Biological studies on factors shaping underground communities are poor, especially those considering simultaneously organisms with different degrees of adaptation to cave life. In this study, we assessed the annual dynamics and use of both horizontal and vertical microhabitats of a whole community with the aim of understanding whether cave-dwelling organisms have a similar distribution among vertical and ground-level microhabitats and to find out which microhabitat features influence such distribution. We monthly assessed from 2017 to 2018, by direct observation combined with quadrat sampling method on the ground and transects on the walls, richness and abundance of 62 cave-dwelling species in a cave of Northern Italy. Environmental factors such as light intensity, temperature, relative humidity and mineralogical composition of the substrates were measured during each monitoring session, influencing the dynamics of the whole community and revealing significant differences between ground and wall microhabitats. A gradient of variation of the species assemblages occurred from the entrance toward inner areas, however, evidence that the dynamics of the walls are very different from those occurring at the ground independent from the distance from the surface are shown. Biodiversity indices highlighted sampling area diversity and a discrete total cave fauna biodiversity with the highest values found near the entrance and the lowest in the inner part of the cave.

}, keywords = {cave biodiversity, cave community, environmental drivers, subterranean biology, subterranean environment}, issn = {1314-2615, 1768-1448}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.40.71805}, url = {https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/71805/}, author = {Balestra, Valentina and Lana, Enrico and Carbone, Cristina and De Waele, Jo and Manenti, Raoul and Galli, Loris} } @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 {1043, title = {Temporal complementarity in activity-density of two arthropod macro-detritivore taxa}, journal = {Insect Conservation and Diversity}, year = {2021}, month = {21/01/2021}, abstract = {

1. Macro-detritivores are important fragmenters performing a first step in the ecosystem process of nutrient cycling. Woodlice and millipedes are important representatives of this group and their ecology and niche requirements are often regarded as very similar. However, it is unclear whether there is a difference in temporal activity throughout the year between both groups, possibly leading to temporal complementarity for leaf litter breakdown, and whether patterns of temporal variation in activity are consistent across different habitat types.

2. We studied year-round pitfall-trap data of woodlice and millipedes from an old sand quarry with a high habitat heterogeneity.

3. Our results indicate that there is high temporal complementarity between both detritivore taxa, with millipede activity-density peaking in spring, while woodlice showing a peak in summer. Interestingly, timing of activity depended on habitat openness. Millipedes peak first in open habitat and later in closed habitat, while woodlice showed the opposite pattern.

4. Temporal turnover in community composition was high and of similar magnitude as spatial turnover in community composition across this relatively small scale of our study area.

5. We conclude that, although woodlice and millipedes show comparable habitat preferences, their temporal activity patterns show the potential for temporal complementarity for litter breakdown.

}, keywords = {Community composition, decomposers, Diplopoda, habitat openness, Isopoda, phenology}, issn = {1752-458X}, doi = {10.1111/icad.12471}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12471}, author = {De Smedt, Pallieter and Proesmans, Willem and Baeten, Lander} } @article {975, title = {Catalogue of the millipedes (Diplopoda) in Miller{\textquoteright}s collection (Department of Zoology, National Museum, Prague, Czechia), part 2}, journal = {Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series}, volume = {189}, year = {2020}, month = {09/09/2020}, pages = {11{\textendash}20}, chapter = {11}, abstract = {

The present catalogue completes (as the second of the two parts) data for the millipede collection of Czech arachnologist Franti\šek Miller (1902\–1983), housed in the National Museum in Prague. This second part of the catalogue brings information on a total of 341 specimens belonging to 34 millipede species; these specimens were previously housed at Charles University in Prague, and later moved to the National Museum. The material was collected during 1927\–1950 in the territory of modern-day Czechia and Slovakia. Chelogona carpathicum, Polydesmus tatranus and Trachysphaera acutula are species of special importance for Slovak faunistics, due to their endemic occurrence. Glomeris klugii is the first record for Slovakia. For Leptoiulus noricus and Polydesmus inconstans, these are chronologically the oldest records from the territory of Slovakia.

}, keywords = {Bohemia, Diplopoda, faunistics, Franti{\v s}ek Miller, historical records, Moravia, myriapodological collection, Slovakia}, issn = {1802-6842}, doi = {10.37520/jnmpnhs.2020.003}, url = {https://publikace.nm.cz/file/4d979f0157de680a86d0440d1c4703e2/23488/jnmpnhs_2020_003.pdf}, author = {Dolej{\v s}, Petr and Kocourek, Pavel} } @article {833, title = {Terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Polish caves {\textendash} a summary of 100 years of research}, journal = {Subterranean Biology}, volume = {33}, year = {2020}, month = {13/02/2020}, pages = {45-69}, abstract = {

The year 2018 is particularly important in the history of zoological research in Poland. A hundred years ago, Kazimierz Demel published the first work concerning the terrestrial cave fauna of caves in the Ojc\ów area. In this paper we present the extent of research on the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Polish caves in the last 100 years. All accessible research papers that have been published during this period were analysed. Based on published literature, 593 species of terrestrial invertebrate were recorded in Polish caves. Additionally, detailed list of species of individual taxonomic groups was provided.

}, keywords = {caves, checklist, invertebrate, Poland, subterranean fauna, terrestrial}, issn = {1768-1448}, doi = {10.3897/subtbiol.33.48805}, url = {https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/48805/}, author = {Kocot-Zalewska, Joanna and Domaga{\l}a, Pawe{\l}} } @article {419, title = {Four myriapod relatives {\textendash} but who are sisters? No end to debates on relationships among the four major myriapod subgroups}, journal = {BMC Evolutionary Biology}, volume = {20}, year = {2020}, month = {04/11/2020}, pages = {1-15}, abstract = {

Background: Phylogenetic relationships among the myriapod subgroups Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla and Pauropoda are still not robustly resolved. The first phylogenomic study covering all subgroups resolved phylogenetic relationships congruently to morphological evidence but is in conflict with most previously published phylogenetic trees based on diverse molecular data. Outgroup choice and long-branch attraction effects were stated as possible explanations for these incongruencies. In this study, we addressed these issues by extending the myriapod and outgroup taxon sampling using transcriptome data.

Results: We generated new transcriptome data of 42 panarthropod species, including all four myriapod subgroups and additional outgroup taxa. Our taxon sampling was complemented by published transcriptome and genome data resulting in a supermatrix covering 59 species. We compiled two data sets, the first with a full coverage of genes per species (292 single-copy protein-coding genes), the second with a less stringent coverage (988 genes). We inferred phylogenetic relationships among myriapods using different data types, tree inference, and quartet computation approaches. Our results unambiguously support monophyletic Mandibulata and Myriapoda. Our analyses clearly showed that there is strong signal for a single unrooted topology, but a sensitivity of the position of the internal root on the choice of outgroups. However, we observe strong evidence for a clade Pauropoda+Symphyla, as well as for a clade Chilopoda+Diplopoda.

Conclusions: Our best quartet topology is incongruent with current morphological phylogenies which were supported in another phylogenomic study. AU tests and quartet mapping reject the quartet topology congruent to trees inferred with morphological characters. Moreover, quartet mapping shows that confounding signal present in the data set is sufficient to explain the weak signal for the quartet topology derived from morphological characters. Although outgroup choice affects results, our study could narrow possible trees to derivatives of a single quartet topology. For highly disputed relationships, we propose to apply a series of tests (AU and quartet mapping), since results of such tests allow to narrow down possible relationships and to rule out confounding signal.

}, keywords = {Arthropod phylogeny, conflict, Confounding signal, Internal rooting, Phylogenetics, phylogenomics, Quartet topology, RNA-Seq, Transcriptomes}, issn = {1471-2148}, doi = {10.1186/s12862-020-01699-0}, url = {https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-020-01699-0}, author = {Szucsich, Nikolaus U. and Bartel, Daniela and Blanke, Alexander and B{\"o}hm, Alexander and Donath, Alexander and Fukui, Makiko and Grove, Simon and Liu, Shanlin and Macek, Oliver and Machida, Ryuichiro and Misof, Bernhard and Nakagaki, Yasutaka and Podsiadlowski, Lars and Sekiya, Kaoru and Tomizuka, Shigekazu and Von Reumont, Bj{\"o}rn M. and Waterhouse, Robert M. and Walzl, Manfred and Meng, Guanliang and Zhou, Xin and Pass, G{\"u}nther and Meusemann, Karen} } @article {401, title = {Une nouvelle esp{\`e}ce cavernicole du genre Autaretia Strasser, 1978 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) des Alpes-Maritimes (France)}, journal = {Biocosme m{\'e}sog{\'e}en}, volume = {34}, year = {2017}, pages = {37-46}, abstract = {

R\ésum\é \— Une deuxi\ème esp\èce appartenant au genre Autaretia Strasser, 1978 a \ét\é d\écouverte dans une grotte des Alpes-Maritimes (France). Sa description est accompagn\ée d\&$\#$39;une diagnose amend\ée du genre. Ce nouvel \él\ément vient enrichir nos connaissances sur la faune des Alpes-Maritimes, en particulier du Parc National du Mercantour, et s\&$\#$39;inscrit dans le cadre des inventaires et atlas des diplopodes de France, en cours d\&$\#$39;\élaboration.

Abstract \— A new cave-dwelling species of the genus Autaretia Strasser, 1978 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) from the French Maritime Alps. A second species of the genus Autaretia Strasser, 1978 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) has been discovered in a cave in the French Maritime Alps. The new species is described and an updated diagnosis of the genus is given. This interesting discovery improves our knowledge on the invertebrate fauna of the Maritime Alps, in particular of the Mercantour National Park, and is included as a new element in the checklist and atlas of the Diplopoda in France, in progress.

}, keywords = {Alpes-Maritimes, Autaretia, Biospeleology, Biosp{\'e}ologie, Diplopoda, Maritime Alps, Mercantour, Taxonomie, Taxonomy}, issn = {0762-6428}, author = {Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques and Mauri{\`e}s, Jean-Paul} } @article {399, title = {Present status of the millipede fauna of Hungary, with a review of three species of Brachyiulus Berl{\'e}se, 1884 (Diplopoda)}, journal = {Opuscula Zoologica}, volume = {51}, year = {2020}, month = {07/08/2020}, pages = {87-103}, abstract = {

Since 2005, the last comprehensive species list of the millipedes of Hungary, several new species to the fauna have been approved. Here we provide an updated summary of all Hungarian Diplopoda, comprising altogether 107 species. Brachyiulus pusillus (Leach, 1815) and Chondrodesmus riparius Carl, 1914, based on recent collections, are considered as new to the fauna of Hungary. We give special remarks to the following taxa: Julus curvicornis Verhoeff, 1899, Typhloiulus polypodus (Loksa, 1960), Hungarosoma bokori Verhoeff, 1928, Heteracrochordum evae (Loksa, 1960), Ochogona spp., Haasea hungarica (Verhoeff, 1928), Mastigona spp., and some Polydesmidae. In addition, the taxonomical relationship between B. bagnalli (Brolemann, 1924), B. lusitanus (Verhoeff, 1898), and B. pusillus is discussed in detail. With 21 figures.

}, keywords = {Brachyiulus pusillus, Chondrodesmus riparius, faunal list, new occurrences}, issn = {0237-5419}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.18348/opzool.2020.S2.87}, url = {http://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Tomus51_S2/Op_Korsos_Lazanyi_Hungary.pdf}, author = {Kors{\'o}s, Zolt{\'a}n and Laz{\'a}nyi, Eszter} } @article {18, title = {Bohumil N{\v e}mec and his millipede collection at the National Museum in Prague (Czechia), with notes on Craspedosoma rawlinsii simplex N{\v e}mec, 1896}, journal = {Schubartiana}, volume = {8}, year = {2019}, month = {08/2019}, pages = {25{\textendash}35}, chapter = {25}, abstract = {

The present catalogue lists data from a total of 95 specimens from 22 species of the millipede collection by the Czech scientist Bohumil N{\v e}mec (1873\–1966) housed in the National Museum in Prague. The material was collected at the turn of the 19th and 20th century in the modern-day Czechia and contains syntypes of Craspedosoma rawlinsii simplex N{\v e}mec, 1896 [= Craspedosoma rawlinsii rawlinsii Leach, 1814, syn. nov.] and Julus (Leucojulus) coerulans N{\v e}mec, 1896 [= Kryphioiulus occultus (Koch, 1847)]. The problematic of spelling the name rawlinsii turned to be much complicated than previously thought. Thus, only the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature will have to solve it. Until then, the prevailing usage of rawlinsii is to be maintained.

}, keywords = {Bohemia, Diplopoda, faunistics, historical records, synonymy, type specimens}, issn = {1861-0366}, url = {https://schubartiana.de/issues/pdf/vol8/Dolejs-2019-Nemec_millipede_collection_prague.pdf}, author = {Dolej{\v s}, Petr and Kocourek, Pavel} }