@article {1453, title = {Buotidae, a new family for the minute North American milliped Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2290}, year = {2009}, month = {16/11/2009}, pages = {41-49}, abstract = {

Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940, a minute, rarely collected but relatively widespread milliped of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, was originally described as a member of the order Polyzoniida, family Polyzoniidae. Shear (1981) correctly placed the species in the order Chordeumatida and argued for assignment to the suborder Craspedosomatidea, superfamily Brannerioidea, family Tingupidae. New studies of fresh specimens using the scanning electron microscope, however, revealed characters inconsistent with this placement and instead support inclusion of Buotus in the suborder Striariidea, superfamily Striarioidea. Because the species cannot be accommodated in any of the established families of this superfamily, a new family Buotidae is herein erected to receive it.

}, keywords = {Apterouridae, Brannerioidea, morphology, North Carolina, Rhiscosomididae, Striariidae, Taxonomy, Tingupidae, Virginia}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2290.1.4 }, url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2290.1.4}, author = {Shear, William A.} } @article {97, title = {Microdecemplicida, a new order of minute arthropleurideans (Arthropoda: Myriapoda) from the Devonian of New York State, U.S.A.Abstract}, journal = {Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences}, volume = {90}, year = {2000}, pages = {351 - 375}, abstract = {

Microdecemplex rolfei, gen. and sp. nov., a new microarthropleuridean less than 5 mm long, is described from the Middle Devonian Panther Mountain Formation of New York State, U.S.A. The specimens consist of organically preserved cuticle, with some preserving the only cephalic structures known for arthropleurideans. A new order, Microdecemplicida, and a new family, Microdecemplicidae, are established. The probable phylogenetic position of the Microdecemplicida as one of the basal clades of Diplopoda is proposed.

}, keywords = {Arthropleuridea, Arthropoda, Diplopoda, morphology, phylogeny}, issn = {0263-5933}, doi = {10.1017/S0263593300002674}, url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0263593300002674}, author = {Wilson, Heather M. and Shear, William A.} }