03170nam a2200157 4500008004100000022003000041245016100071210006900232260003000301300000800331490000600339520257800345100002702923700002002950856004202970 2011 eng d a9789546425782, 954642578800aAtlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda). Volume 1. Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida0 aAtlas of European Millipedes Class Diplopoda Volume 1 Orders Pol aSofiabPensoft Publishers a2820 v13 a

This is the first in a series of three books which will, for the first time ever, show the distribution of Europe’s more than 1500 species of millipedes on 50 X 50 km square maps. The present volume includes 492 species, including the tiny, beautiful pincushion millipedes, the colourful pill-millipedes and the flat-backed millipedes. The millipede atlas is the result of many years’ meticulous accumulation of records provided by a large number of contributors from all over Europe, interpretation of label data from collections, and scrutiny of old literature. The atlas builds on the taxonomic backbone provided by the Fauna Europaea project which provides information on names, synonyms and distribution by country or region of non-marine European animals.

The decision to produce a series of atlases showing the distribution of myriapods in Europe was taken by the participants at the Fourth International Congress of Myriapodology held in Gargnano in 1978 and soon after this the project received the full backing of the European Invertebrate Survey. Desmond Kime was designated to assemble the data. Much help has been received from the International Centre of Myriapodology in Paris which is acknowledged in this volume, together with the contributions of many members engaged in research in this field. Early in the 21st Century when Henrik Enghoff was playing a major role in Fauna Europaea the two authors joined forces with a view to making this millipede atlas and Fauna Europaea entirely compatible. It is hoped that this atlas will both stimulate and be a foundation for further studies. In several European countries the distribution and often the ecological requirements of millipedes are quite well understood but in many regions the information is fragmentary, the maps revealing where much remains to be done. There are undoubtedly many more species to discover. As a result of the work already undertaken it has become apparent that millipedes are very good bioindicators, being slow-moving and having particular habitat requirements which are helpful in biogeographical and evolutionary studies.

Recommended citation: Kime, R. D. & H. Enghoff (2011): Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda). Volume 1. Orders Polyxenida, Glomerida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida, Polyzoniida, Callipodida, Polydesmida. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, 282 pp. ISBN-13: 9789546425782. ISBN-10: 9546425788. https://books.pensoft.net/books/12358

Publication date: 06/2011

 

1 aKime, Richard, Desmond1 aEnghoff, Henrik uhttps://books.pensoft.net/books/1235801130nas a2200217 4500008004100000022002500041245014400066210006900210260001500279300001000294490000900304520042000313653001400733653001600747653001300763653001300776100002400789700002000813700001800833856006100851 2011 eng d a1175-5334, 1175-532600aA revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part 4: the T. cuisinieri subgroup (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)0 arevision of the iThyropygus allevatusi group Part 4 the iT cuisi c29/07/2011 a37-480 v29803 a

The Thyropygus cuisinieri subgroup of the T. allevatus group is revised. A new species is described from Thailand: T. jarukchusri n. sp. The following species are re-described: T. cuisinieri Carl, 1917, T. carli Attems, 1938, and T. foliaceus (Demange, 1961), new status (elevated from subspecies status under T. cuisinieri).

10amillipede10anew species10aTaxonomy10aThailand1 aPimvichai, Piyatida1 aEnghoff, Henrik1 aPanha, Somsak uhttps://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2980.1.301618nas a2200229 4500008004100000022002500041245014300066210006900209260001500278300001000293490000900303520087700312653001401189653001601203653002001219653001301239653001301252100002401265700002001289700001801309856006101327 2011 eng d a1175-5334, 1175-532600aA revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part 3: the T. induratus subgroup (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)0 arevision of the iThyropygus allevatusi group Part 3 the iT indur c06/07/2011 a47-680 v29413 a

The Thyropygus induratus subgroup of the T. allevatus group is revised. Three new species are described from Thailand: T. dormiens n. sp., T. laterolobatus n. sp. and T. macrosiamensis n. sp. The following species are redescribed and re-elevated from subspecies status under T. allevatus (Karsch, 1881): Thyropygus induratus Attems, 1936 (= T. punctatus Attems, 1938, new synonym), Thyropygus quietus Attems, 1938, Thyropygus resimus Attems, 1938, and Thyropygus uncinatus (Demange, 1961). Thyropygus siamensis Verhoeff, 1938 (= Thyropisthus ligulus Demange, 1961, new synonym), is re-described. A case of species with identical gonopods but very different body size (T. induratus and T. quietus) is discussed.

10amillipede10anew species10asize difference10aTaxonomy10aThailand1 aPimvichai, Piyatida1 aEnghoff, Henrik1 aPanha, Somsak uhttps://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2941.1.304609nas a2200241 4500008004100000022002500041245014900066210006900215260001500284300000900299490000800308520382800316653002704144653001104171653002604182653001204208653001404220653002704234653001304261100002004274700002004294856005304314 2011 eng d a1313-2970, 1313-298900aOn some surface structures of potential taxonomic importance in families of the suborders Polydesmidea and Dalodesmidea (Polydesmida, Diplopoda)0 asome surface structures of potential taxonomic importance in fam c20/12/2011 a1-240 v1563 a

Surface structures have rarely been the subject of a comprehensive study in Polydesmida despite their tremendous variety within this order. A number of these peripheral structures are here studied in most families of the suborders Polydesmidea and Dalodesmidea (sensu Hoffman 1980), using scanning electron microscopy. An illustrated description of the surface sculpture of the prozonite, the limbus and the intercalary cuticular micro-scutes on the metazonite is given for the first time for the studied families, together with an account of some other poorly known surface structures. Taken together, these characters allow us to recognize two main groupings of families. The families Ammodesmidae, Cryptodesmidae, Cyrtodesmidae, Haplodesmidae, Oniscodesmidae and Pyrgodesmidae have knobs on the posterior part of the prozonites, a toothed to lobed limbus, and no micro-scutes on the metazonites, wheras the families Fuhrmannodesmidae, Polydesmidae, Dalodesmidae, Macrosternodesmidae, Nearctodesmidae, Opisotretidae and Trichopolydesmidae have no knobs on the posterior part of the prozonites, a spiky or reduced limbus, and intercalary micro-scutes on the metazonites. The results are complemented with literature records and compared with current taxonomic and phylogenetic interpretations of the group.

 

10acuticular micro-scutes10alimbus10ametazonital outgrowth10aozopore10aprozonite10asurface microsculpture10aTaxonomy1 aAkkari, Nesrine1 aEnghoff, Henrik uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2259