02302nas a2200313 4500008004100000022001400041245016400055210006900219260001500288300001200303490000700315520122800322653001301550653002801563653001801591653001701609653001401626653001601640653002001656653002301676653002701699653001901726653003301745653002901778100003001807700002601837700002601863856009901889 2017 eng d a0132-806900aThe first record of the pantropical anthropochore millipede, Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889, from Cameroon (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae)0 afirst record of the pantropical anthropochore millipede iCylindr c30/09/2017 a281-2820 v263 a

Abstract: The first formal record of the pantropical millipede, Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889, is given from Cameroon. The species seems to be restricted to a man-made palm plantation within the capital city of Yaoundé, apparently being represented by a bisexual population. A male is richly illustrated to confirm the identity.

Первая находка пантропической антропохорной многоножки Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889 в Камеруне (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae)
РЕЗЮМЕ: Приведена первая формальная находка пантропической многоножки Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock, 1889 в Камеруне. Вид, вероятно, приурочен к рукотворной пальмовой плантации в столице Яунде, будучи представлен, очевидно, обоеполой популяцией. Даны многочисленные иллюстрации самца для подтверждения видовой принадлежности.

10aCameroon10aCylindrodesmus hirsutus10aHaplodesmidae10aintroduction10amillipede10apantropical10aparthenogenesis10aдиплопода10aинтродукция10aКамерун10aпантропический10aпартеногенез1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aFiemapong, Armand, RN1 aVandenSpiegel, Didier uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_26/REJ_26_3_281_282_Golovatch_et_al01562nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245016900055210006900224260001500293300001200308490000900320520074500329653001001074653001801084653001601102653001601118653001401134653001301148100003101161700003001192700003701222856006101259 2021 eng d a1175-533400aThe millipede genus Klimakodesmus Carl, 1932, with the description of a new species from Kerala state, southern India (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae)0 amillipede genus iKlimakodesmusi Carl 1932 with the description o c01/06/2021 a373-3820 v49803 a

Klimakodesmus Carl, 1932 is briefly redescribed, rediagnosed, and shown to be an oligotypic genus endemic to southern India and distinct from the particularly similar genus Pyrgodesmus Pocock, 1892, monobasic and endemic to Sri Lanka, by several important features of peripheral and, especially, gonopodal structure. A new species, Klimakodesmus bilobocaudatus sp. nov., is described from Kerala state, India, differing from the sole accepted, and type species K. gravelyi Carl, 1932, from Tamil Nadu state, primarily by the laterally trilobate paraterga, the caudally more deeply bilobate mid-dorsal keel on ring 19, and certain minor details of the gonopodal structure. 

10aIndia10aKlimakodesmus10anew species10aPyrgodesmus10aSri Lanka10aTaxonomy1 aAswathy, Mathilakat, Dasan1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aSudhikumar, Ambalaparambil, Vasu uhttps://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4980.2.803156nas a2200313 4500008004100000022001400041245015800055210006900213260001500282300000900297490000700306520210200313653000902415653001602424653001402440653001502454653002002469653001302489653005202502653002702554653002802581653004002609653002502649653001502674100003002689700002402719700002002743856007902763 2021 eng d a0136-006X00aOn the collections of Indo-Australian Spirobolida (Diplopoda) kept in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Russia. 3. Some Rhinocricidae0 acollections of IndoAustralian Spirobolida Diplopoda kept in the  c25/03/2021 a3-270 v303 a

Abstract: Most of the material of the family Rhinocricidae, the largest in the entire order Spirobolida and very common and diverse in Australasia, is treated, being represented in the collections of the Moscow Museum from the southwestern Pacific by at least seven species in four genera: Propodobolus, Dinematocricus, Eurhinocricus, and Salpidobolus. All these species are described and illustrated, but most of their identifications are only provisional because rhinocricid taxonomy is still generally chaotic, especially confused in the region we consider here. The genus Eurhinocricus is new to the fauna of Fiji. Lectotype designation is made for E. saipanus Verhoeff, 1937 from Saipan (= Guam), Marianas, Micronesia.

РЕЗЮМЕ: Обработано большинство материала по семейству Rhinocricidae, самому крупному во всем отряде Spirobolida и очень обычному и разнообразному в Австралазии. Оно представлено в коллекциях одного лишь московского музея из юговосточной части Тихого океана по крайней мере семью видами из четырех родов: Propodobolus, Dinematocricus, Eurhinocricus и Salpidobolus. Все эти виды описаны и снабжены иллюстрациями, но большинство из них определены лишь предварительно, потому что таксономия семейства хаотична вообще и особенно запутана в данном районе в частности. Род Eurhinocricus — новый для фауны Фиджи. Для вида E. saipanus Verhoeff, 1937 с острова Сайпан (= Гуам) (Марианские острова, Микронезия) выделен лектотип.

10aFiji10aiconography10amillipede10aNew Guinea10aSolomon Islands10aTaxonomy10aдвупарноногие многоножки10aиконография10aНовая Гвинея10aСоломоновы острова10aтаксономия10aФиджи1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aMauriès, Jean-Paul1 aAkkari, Nesrine uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_30/AS_30_1_003_02701288nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245013900055210006900194260001500263300001200278490000700290520049600297653001400793653002500807653001600832653001300848653001300861100002700874700003000901700002500931700002400956856006600980 2021 eng d a2586-989200aTwo new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from Thailand (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae)0 aTwo new species of the giant pillmillipede genus iZephroniai Gra c01/04/2021 a12–260 v213 a

Two new species of Zephronia sensu stricto, both coming from Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand, are described: Z. lannaensis, new species and Z. phrain, new species. Both these species seem to be especially similar to Z. laotica Wesener, 2019, but clearly distinct by telopoditomere 2 of the anterior telopods showing a sclerotized process located inside a membranous area, coupled with leg-pair 3 featuring one or two dorso-apical spine(s).

10aarthropod10agiant pill-millipede10anew species10aTaxonomy10aThailand1 aLikhitrakarn, Natdanai1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aSrisonchai, Ruttapon1 aSutcharit, Chirasak uhttps://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/24773001729nas a2200277 4500008004100000022001400041245011700055210006900172300001100241490000700252520089200259653001901151653001401170653001401184653001501198653001601213653001301229100003001242700002001272700002501292700001801317700002501335700001901360700002001379856005201399 1998 eng d a0065-675500aReview of the Neotropical millipede genus Pycnotropis CARL, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)0 aReview of the Neotropical millipede genus iPycnotropisi CARL 191 a67-1020 v153 a

A review of Pycnotropis is presented, with the description of 14 new species: P. goeldii n.sp., P. madeira n.sp., P. sigma n.sp. and P. urucu n.sp., all from Brazil, P. carli n.sp. from Ecuador, P. curvata n.sp., P. falcata n.sp., P. jeekeli n.sp., P. pallidicornis n.sp., P. similis n.sp., P. subfalcata n. sp., P. unapi n.sp., P. torresi n.sp. and P. zumbii n.sp., all from Peru. P. acuticollis (ATTEMS, 1899), is redescribed upon the holotype from Brazil. Based on abundant strictly topotypic material, P. tida (CHAMBERLIN, 1941), is considered as a subjective senior synonym of P. epiclysmus HOFFMAN, 1995 (syn.n.). A key has been compiled to all 26 species of this diverse genus, with notes on its distribution.

10aAphelidesmidae10aDiplopoda10amillipede10aNeotropics10aPolydesmida10aTaxonomy1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aVohland, Katrin1 aHoffman, Richard, L.1 aAdis, Joachim1 aMármol, Andrés, E.1 aBachmann, Lutz1 aTomiuk, Jürgen uhttp://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0004-91C4-A01445nas a2200229 4500008004100000022001300041245015800054210006900212260001500281300001000296490000700306520069100313653000901004653001501013653001601028653001501044653001901059653002501078100001601103700003001119856006601149 2020 eng d a021-244500aThree new cavernicolous species and three new records of the millipede genus Pacidesmus from southern China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae)0 aThree new cavernicolous species and three new records of the mil c31/03/2020 a78-870 v353 a

Three new species of Pacidesmus are described from caves in southern China: P. whitteni, new species, from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, P. trilobatus, new species, and P. uncatus, new species, the latter two from Yunnan Province. The three new species differ from the most similar congeners mainly in certain details of gonopodal structure. Additional records of P. bifidus, P. martensi and P. sinensis are also presented. The genus is thus composed of a single high-montane forest-dwelling species in northern Thailand at present, as well as another 11 species, all presumed troglobionts from southern China.

10aCave10anew record10anew species10aPacidesmus10asouthern China10asubterranean biology1 aLiu, Weixin1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2020/03/s35rbz78-87.pdf02706nas a2200301 4500008004100000022001400041245024000055210006900295260001500364300001200379490000700391520161100398653001402009653001402023653001502037653001602052653002002068653001302088653002302101653005202124653002802176653002202204653002502226100003002251700002402281700002002305856007902325 2020 eng d a0136-006X00aOn the collections of Indo-Australian Spirobolida (Diplopoda) kept in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Russia. 2. Two new species of Spirobolellus Pocock, 1894 from islands off Papua New Guinea and Australia0 acollections of IndoAustralian Spirobolida Diplopoda kept in the  c15/12/2020 a399-4070 v293 a

Abstract: Two new species of the millipede genus Spirobolellus are described: S. kurtschevae sp.n. from Lou Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea, and S. tschernovi sp.n. from Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia. Because the telopodite of the anterior gonopods on the caudal face is swollen and directed not laterad, but mesad, S. tschernovi sp.n. seems to share this peculiar feature only with S. antipodarum (? = S. reischeki). This also allows us to confirm that Desmocricellus Attems, 1953 is a junior subjective synonym of Spirobolellus Pocock, 1894.

РЕЗЮМЕ. Описаны два новых вида диплопод рода Spirobolellus: S. kurtschevae sp.n. с острова Лоу (острова Адмиралтейства, Папуа-Новая Гвинея) и S. tschernovi sp.n. с острова Норфолк (Новый Южный Уэллс, Австралия). Вид Spirobolellus tschernovi sp.n. столь необычен, что, кажется, его вздутый сзади и направленный внутрь, а не вбок телоподит передних гоноподов есть еще только у S. antipodarum (? = S. reischeki). Это одновременно позволяет подтвердить, что Desmocricellus Attems, 1953 — младший субъективный синоним Spirobolellus Pocock, 1894.

10aAustralia10amillipede10aNew Guinea10anew species10aSpirobolellidae10aTaxonomy10aАвстралия10aдвупарноногие многоножки10aНовая Гвинея10aновый вид10aтаксономия1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aMauriès, Jean-Paul1 aAkkari, Nesrine uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_29/AS_29_4_399_40701774nas a2200277 4500008004100000022001400041245009300055210006900148260001500217300001200232490000700244520093500251653001001186653001401196653001601210653001601226653002201242653001601264653001301280653001501293653002401308653003001332653002501362100003001387856007901417 2020 eng d a0136-006X00aOn several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), XXIX0 aseveral new or poorlyknown Oriental Paradoxosomatidae Diplopoda  c30/09/2020 a297-3080 v293 a

Abstract: This contribution is devoted to new records of five known, and to descriptions of two new, species from southern China: Hedinomorpha liuae sp.n. and H. distincta sp.n., both from Sichuan. The first precise locality is given for Mandarinopus corticinus (Attems, 1936), with notes on morphological variations in this species.

РЕЗЮМЕ. Данное сообщение посвящено новым находкам пяти известных и описаниям двух новых видов из Южного Китая: Hedinomorpha liuae sp.n. and H. distincta sp.n., оба из Сычуани. Впервые указано точное место находки вида Mandarinopus corticinus (Attems, 1936), с замечаниями о его морфологической изменчивости.

10aChina10aDiplopoda10anew records10anew species10aParadoxosomatidae10aPolydesmida10aTaxonomy10aКитай10aновые вилы10aновые находки10aтаксономия1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_29/AS_29_3_297_30803283nas a2200277 4500008004100000022001400041245021000055210006900265260001500334300001200349490000700361520228200368653001402650653001502664653001602679653001702695653001302712653005202725653002802777653002202805653002502827100003002852700002402882700002002906856007902926 2020 eng d a0136-006X00aOn the collections of Indo-Australian Spirobolida (Diplopoda) kept in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State University, Russia. 1. A new species of Arisemolus Hoffman, 1980 from Papua New Guinea0 acollections of IndoAustralian Spirobolida Diplopoda kept in the  c30/09/2020 a309-3150 v293 a

Abstract: Arisemolus kurtschevae sp.n. is described as the first species of the genus to be reported from mainland (and inland) Papua New Guinea. The new species differs from all three other accepted congeners that range from the Mariana and Caroline islands in Micronesia, through the Bismarck Archipelago and Vanuatu in Melanesia, to western New Guinea, Indonesia, primarily by certain details of gonopodal structure, in particular the considerably longer/higher sternite of the anterior gonopods and the shape of the distal part of the posterior gonopods. New illustrations are provided for both A. tamicus (Attems, 1914) (the type species) and A. ralumensis obscuratus (Attems, 1914), the latter being formally synonymized with A. ralumensis ralumensis, syn.n. Lectotype designation is made for A. tamicus.

РЕЗЮМЕ. Описан новый вид Arisemolus kurtschevae sp.n., первый представитель рода из материковой (и внутренней) части Папуа – Новой Гвинеи. Новый вид отличается от остальных трех принятых видов и распространенных от Марианских и Каролинских островов в Микронезии, архипелагов Бисмарка и Вануату в Меланезии до западной части Новой Гвинеи (Индонезия), прежде всего, определенными деталями строения гоноподов, в особенности значительно более длинным/высоким стернитом передних гоноподов и формой дистальной части задних гоноподов. Представлены новые иллюстрации как для A. tamicus (Attems, 1914) (типовой вид), так и для A. ralumensis obscuratus (Attems, 1914), притом последний подвид формально сведен в синонимы к A. ralumensis ralumensis, syn.n. Для A. tamicus установлен лектотип.

10amillipede10aNew Guinea10anew species10aPachybolidae10aTaxonomy10aдвупарноногие многоножки10aНовая Гвинея10aновый вид10aтаксономия1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aMauriès, Jean-Paul1 aAkkari, Nesrine uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_29/AS_29_3_309_31501626nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245009500055210006900150260001500219300001200234490000700246520090300253653001001156653001401166653001601180653001601196653002201212653001601234653001301250653001201263100003001275856007901305 2020 eng d a0136-006X00aOn several new or poorly-known Oriental Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida), XXVIII0 aseveral new or poorlyknown Oriental Paradoxosomatidae Diplopoda  c19/06/2020 a161-1720 v293 a

Abstract: This contribution is devoted to new records of three known, and to descriptions of three new, species from Vietnam and China: Hedinomorpha barbata sp.n. from Sichuan, and both Kronopolites typicus sp.n. and Tylopus uncinatus sp.n. from Yunnan. A key is presented to all 11 species of Kronopolites known to date.

РЕЗЮМЕ. Данное сообщение посвящено новым находкам трех известных и описаниям трех новых видов из Вьетнама и Китая: Hedinomorpha barbata sp.n. из Сычуани, а также Kronopolites typicus sp.n. и Tylopus uncinatus sp.n. из Юннани. Представлен ключ для всех 11 известных сейчас видов Kronopolites.

10aChina10aDiplopoda10anew records10anew species10aParadoxosomatidae10aPolydesmida10aTaxonomy10aVietnam1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_29/AS_29_2_161_17201284nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245023500055210006900290260001500359300001200374490000900386520045900395653001400854653001500868653001300883100003100896700003000927700001700957700003000974856006201004 2020 eng d a1175-532600aThree new species of the millipede genus Catharosoma Silvestri, 1897 from southern Brazil, with new records and a clarified identity of Catharosoma intermedium (Carl, 1902) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)0 aThree new species of the millipede genus iCatharosomai Silvestri c16/03/2020 a119-1300 v47513 a

Three new species of Catharosoma are described from southern Brazil: Catharosoma pedritense n. sp., Catharosoma promatense n. sp., and Catharosoma ibirapuitense n. sp.. New records of three other Catharosoma species, which considerably extend their distributions, are provided, including a redescription of the hitherto particularly poorly-known species Catharosoma intermedium (Carl, 1902).

10adiplopods10aNeotropics10aTaxonomy1 aRodrigues, Patricia, E. S.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aOtt, Ricardo1 aRodrigues, Everton, N. L. uhttps://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4751.100465nas a2200121 4500008004100000245008000041210006900121260000900190300001400199490000700213100003000220856009300250 2014 eng d00aOn some new or poorly-known millipedes from Chile and Argentina (Diplopoda)0 asome new or poorlyknown millipedes from Chile and Argentina Dipl c2014 a249 - 2810 v231 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_23/REJ_23_4_249_281_Golovatch03234nas a2200301 4500008004100000022001400041245012700055210006900182260001500251300000900266490000800275520236100283653001602644653001402660653001702674653000802691653002402699653001802723653001602741653001702757653001702774653001902791653001202810653001702822100001602839700003002855856004702885 2020 eng d a1313-298900aThe first representatives of the millipede family Glomeridellidae (Diplopoda, Glomerida) recorded from China and Indochina0 afirst representatives of the millipede family Glomeridellidae Di c29/07/2020 a1-150 v9543 a

A new species of glomeridellid millipede is described from Guizhou Province, southern China: Tonkinomeris huzhengkuni sp. nov. This new epigean species differs very clearly in many structural details, being sufficiently distinct morphologically and disjunct geographically from T. napoensis Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, the type and sole species of Tonkinomeris Nguyen, Sierwald & Marek, 2019, which was described recently from northern Vietnam. The genus Tonkinomeris is formally relegated from Glomeridae and assigned to the family Glomeridellidae, which has hitherto been considered strictly Euro-Mediterranean in distribution and is thus new to the diplopod faunas of China and Indochina. Tonkinomeris is re-diagnosed and shown to have perhaps the basalmost position in the family Glomeridellidae. Its relationships are discussed, both morphological and zoogeographical, within and outside the Glomeridellidae, which can now be considered as relict and basically Oriental in origin. Because of the still highly limited array of DNA-barcoding sequences of the COI mitochondrial gene available in the GenBank, the first molecular phylogenetic analysis of Glomerida attempted here shows our phylogram to be too deficient to consider meaningful.

 

10aDNA barcode10aEvolution10aGlomeridella10akey10amolecular phylogram10anew diagnosis10anew species10anew transfer10aTonkinomeris10aTyphloglomeris10aVietnam10azoogeography1 aLiu, Weixin1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/54694/02421nas a2200289 4500008004100000022001400041245012500055210006900180260001500249300001200264490000800276520156600284653000901850653001301859653001101872653001401883653000801897100002701905700003001932700001901962700001801981700001801999700002502017700002402042700001802066856004702084 2020 eng d a1313-298900aTwo new species of the millipede genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923 from Cambodia (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)0 aTwo new species of the millipede genus iPlusioglyphiulusi Silves c04/06/2020 a137-1510 v9383 a

Two new species of Plusioglyphiulus are described from southern Cambodia. Plusioglyphiulus biserratus sp. nov. is clearly distinguished from all congeners by the shape of the telopodites of the posterior gonopods which are distinctly serrate laterally and by the anterior gonopods showing only a pair of single, smooth and curved coxosternal processes. Plusioglyphiulus khmer sp. nov. is distinguished by having most crests on the collum being complete and male legs 1 showing long, prominent, one-segmented telopodites, coupled with the oblong-subtrapeziform, membranous, posterior gonopods with a small bifid process at about a third of the telopodite length. Notes on the variation of Plusioglyphiulus boutini Mauriès, 1970 are also given, including a colour photograph of fresh, live material. A key to all four species of Plusioglyphiulus currently known to occur in Cambodia is also presented.

10aCave10adiplopod10aforest10aIndochina10akey1 aLikhitrakarn, Natdanai1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aThach, Phanara1 aChhuoy, Samol1 aNgor, Peng, B1 aSrisonchai, Ruttapon1 aSutcharit, Chirasak1 aPanha, Somsak uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/51234/01723nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245015600055210006900211260001500280300001200295490000900307520094200316653002201258653001101280653001001291653001501301653001301316100001701329700001901346700002001365700003001385856006601415 2020 eng d a1175-532600aThe millipede family Polyxenidae (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) in the faunas of the Crimean Peninsula and Caucasus, with notes on other European Polyxenidae0 amillipede family Polyxenidae Diplopoda Polyxenida in the faunas  c08/05/2020 a306-3320 v47723 a

The Polyxenidae in the fauna of the Crimeo-Caucasian region is represented by four species: Polyxenus lagurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (= P. lagurus caucasicus Lignau, 1924, syn. n.), Propolyxenus argentifer (Verhoeff, 1921) comb. n. (= P. trivittatus Verhoeff, 1941, = P. sokolowi Lignau, 1924, both syn. n.), a new species, Polyxenus lankaranensis sp. n., and an undescribed Polyxenus sp. The distributions of all these species in the region concerned are mapped, based on old and new records. A molecular phylogeny based on COI sequences is used to study the relationship within and among the genera Polyxenus and Propolyxenus from Western Europe to the southern Caucasus. The results highlight the presence of a number of undescribed species of Polyxenus across this region.

10abristly millipede10aCrimea10afauna10aIran fauna10aTaxonomy1 aShort, Megan1 aVahtera, Varpu1 aWesener, Thomas1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4772.2.402080nas a2200253 4500008004100000245012300041210006900164260001200233300001200245490000900257520126500266653001901531653001901550653002601569653001501595653002901610653000801639653001601647100002801663700003001691700001501721700002401736856006601760 2020 eng d00aThe millipede tribe Leptoiulini in the Caucasus, with notes on its generic classification (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae)0 amillipede tribe Leptoiulini in the Caucasus with notes on its ge c05/2020 a237-2800 v47783 a

The generic classification of the Palaearctic tribe Leptoiulini is revised, with 11 genera being recognized. The main differences between the genera, all presented in a tabular form, lie in the structure of the 2nd and 7th leg-pairs of the male, coupled with gonopodal conformations: the presence/absence and the degree of development of flagella on the promeres, and of the phylacum and velum on the opisthomeres. Based on abundant new material, only three genera and seven species of Leptoiulini, all keyed, mapped and properly illustrated, are shown to occur in the Caucasus: Chatoleptophyllum flexum Golovatch, 1979, Kubaniulus gracilis Lohmander, 1936, K. lativelatus sp. nov., Leptoiulus hastatus Lohmander, 1932 (= L. disparatus Lohmander, 1936, syn. n.), L. tanymorphus (Attems, 1901), L. meskhii sp. nov., and L. gonopodialis sp. nov. All species are endemic or subendemic to the region, while Kubaniulus Lohmander, 1936 represents the only genus in the tribe which is restricted to the Caucasus, in particular, the western and central parts of the Caucasus Major. The distributions are mainly allopatric, but a few pairs of species are para- or even sympatric.

10aCaucasus Major10aCaucasus Minor10adistribution patterns10afaunistics10ageneric reclassification10akey10anew species1 aEvsyukov, Aleksandr, P.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aReip, Hans1 aVan den Spiegel, D. uhttps://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4778.2.201671nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245008100055210006900136260001500205300001400220490000700234520090800241653001101149653002001160653001601180653001601196653002501212653003001237100002101267700002801288700003001316856008301346 2020 eng d a0132-806900aTwo interesting records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from near Borjomi, Georgia0 aTwo interesting records of millipedes Diplopoda from near Borjom c30/03/2020 a121–1220 v293 a

Polydesmus abchasius Attems, 1898 and Julus lindholmi Lohmander, 1936, both found recently near Borjomi, central Georgia, currently represent the southeasternmost records of the genera Polydesmus Latreille, 1803, subgenus Polydesmus s.str., and Julus Linnaeus, 1758, and of both these widespread, endemic, Caucasian millipede species.

РЕЗЮМЕ. Polydesmus abchasius Attems, 1898 и Julus lindholmi Lohmander, 1936, недавно найденные близ Боржоми (Центральная Грузия), пока представляют собой самые юго-восточные находки как родов Polydesmus Latreille, 1803, подрод Polydesmus s.str., и Julus Linnaeus, 1758, так и этих широкораспространенных эндемичных кавказских видов диплопод.

10aJulida10aJulus lindholmi10anew records10aPolydesmida10aPolydesmus abchasius10aновые находки1 aKokhia, Mzia, S.1 aEvsyukov, Aleksandr, P.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_29/REJ_29_1_121_12201848nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245006700055210006200122260001500184300001000199490000800209520124200217653001201459653001701471653001301488653001001501653001401511100002101525700003001546856005401576 2018 eng d a1313-298900aA checklist of the millipedes of Georgia, Caucasus (Diplopoda)0 achecklist of the millipedes of Georgia Caucasus Diplopoda c07/03/2018 a35-480 v7413 a

The diplopod fauna of Georgia, Transcaucasia, is very rich given the country’s relatively small territory, presently comprising 95 species from 42 genera, 12 families, and seven orders. Most of the Diplopoda known from Georgia are subendemics (39 species, or 38%), shared with one or more neighbouring countries, but another 33 species (33%) are strict endemics, nearly all highly localized, including 12 presumed troglobites. Several genera are likewise endemic to Georgia, including a few troglobionts. Within Georgia, the fauna of the western part (= Colchis) is particularly rich and diverse, the faunas of the central and eastern parts of the country growing increasingly depauperate inland and apparently following a rather gradual climatic aridisation gradient from west (the Black Sea coast) to east (Armenia and Azerbaijan). Much more work to include alpine and cave environments is required in order to reveal and refine the real diversity of Georgia’s Diplopoda.

 

10aColchis10adistribution10aendemism10afauna10aMyriapoda1 aKokhia, Mzia, S.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2004202313nas a2200169 4500008004100000022001400041245016900055210006900224260001200293300001400305490000700319520169700326100002402023700003002047700002402077856004202101 2002 eng d a1681-555600aRevision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus Sphaerotherium Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae), with new synonymies0 aRevision of some of the oldest species in the millipede genus iS c12/2002 a143–1810 v433 a

During a study of Sphaerotherium samples from South Africa, the underside of the posterior margin of the tergites was found to yield some important taxonomic characters that appear remarkably stable both in the male and female, as well as between stadia and tergites. The opportunity is taken here to revise most of the oldest Sphaerotherium species, with special reference to the structure of the posterior tergal margin. All available type material of the species described by Brandt, Gervais, C. L. Koch, Porat and Karsch have been revised, with the following synonymies established or confirmed: S. klugii Brandt, 1841, S. repulsum Karsch, 1881, S. trichopygum Attems, 1908 and S. ancillare Attems, 1928 = S. compressum Brandt, 1833; S. microstictum Brandt, 1841 = S. elongatum Brandt, 1833; S. retusum C. L. Koch, 1847 = S. dorsale Gervais, 1847, and S. grossum C. L. Koch, 1847 = S. obtusum C. L. Koch, 1847. As the subgenera Neobournellum Attems, 1908 and Tetraconosoma Verhoeff, 1924 appear to be strict junior subjective synonyms of Sphaerotherium s. str., to replace Sphaerotherium auct. the genus-group name Bournellum De Saussure & Zehntner, 1902 is revived as currently the earliest available substitute, with the type species Sphaerotherium retusum C. L. Koch, 1847 showing ≥7 sensory cones on the last antennomere. A neotype of Oligaspis puncticeps Wood, 1865 has been selected, and the species is shown to be a new junior subjective synonym of S. rotundatum Brandt, 1833.

1 aVan den Spiegel, D.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aHamer, Michelle, L. uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC8448302496nas a2200229 4500008004100000022001400041245008400055210006900139260001500208300001000223490000800233520180800241653002802049653002502077653001702102653001702119653001302136100002002149700003002169700002002199856004702219 2020 eng d a1313-298900aSome new or poorly-known Zephroniidae (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida) from Vietnam0 aSome new or poorlyknown Zephroniidae Diplopoda Sphaerotheriida f c28/04/2020 a37-600 v9303 a

Three new species of the giant pill-millipede family Zephroniidae are described from southern Vietnam: Sphaerobelum pumatense sp. nov., Sphaeropoeus honbaensis sp. nov. and Sphaeropoeus bidoupensis sp. nov. Two species, Sphaerobelum bicorne Attems, 1938 and Sphaeropoeus maculatus (Verhoeff, 1924), are redescribed, the former from new material, the latter from type material with lectotype designation. A new transfer is proposed: Zephronia manca Attems, 1936, to the genus Sphaeropoeus Brandt, 1833, giving the new combination, Sphaeropoeus manca (Attems, 1936) comb. nov.

 

10abiological observations10agiant pill-millipede10aSphaerobelum10aSphaeropoeus10aTaxonomy1 aSemenyuk, Irina1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aWesener, Thomas uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47742/02546nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245017400055210007100229260001500300300001000315490000800325520176400333653001102097653001402108653001902122653000802141653001402149653001302163100002602176700002502202700003002227856004702257 2020 eng d a1313-298900aThe millipede genus Globanus Attems, 1914, endemic to São Tomé and Príncipe, with the description of a new species (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae)0 amillipede genus iGlobanusi Attems 1914 endemic to São Tomé and P c28/04/2020 a61-740 v9303 a

During a soil zoological expedition to São Tomé and Príncipe in 2010 by the California Academy of Sciences, millipedes of the genus Globanus were collected. Samples of G. marginescaber (Karsch, 1884) and G. integer (Karsch, 1884) were recovered in addition to those containing a new species. Globanus drewesi sp. nov. is described and additional records, illustrations, and descriptive notes are given for the other two species. A key to all three species of the genus is provided, and a distribution map is presented. The monotypic genus Lobogonus Demange, 1971, which includes L. trilobatus Demange, 1971, from Sierra Leone, mainland western Africa, is revalidated and removed from synonymy under Globanus. Lobogonus is illustrated from a type specimen.

 

10aAfrica10aDiplopoda10aGulf of Guinea10akey10aLobogonus10aTaxonomy1 aVandenSpiegel, Didier1 aShelley, Rowland, M.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49236/02657nas a2200193 4500008004100000022001400041245010400055210006900159260001500228300001400243490000800257520204700265653002202312653001902334653001702353100003002370700001602400856004702416 2020 eng d a1313-298900aDiversity, distribution patterns, and fauno-genesis of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of mainland China0 aDiversity distribution patterns and faunogenesis of the milliped c28/04/2020 a153 - 1980 v9303 a

Based on all available information, 339 species from 71 genera, 26 families, and eleven orders of Diplopoda have hitherto been recorded from mainland China, the fauna thus being very rich, albeit far from completely known, comprising various zoogeographic elements and populating very different environments. Diplopods mainly occur in various woodlands, in caves, and high in the mountains. Most species (> 90 %, usually highly localised, including 160 cavernicoles), 18 genera, and one family are strictly endemic to continental China. Mapping not only the horizontal, but also the vertical distributions of Diplopoda in China shows the bulk of the fauna to be expectedly restricted to forested lowland and mountain biomes or their remnants. Yet some Chordeumatida, Callipodida, Polydesmida, Julida, and even Spirobolida seem to occur only in the subalpine to alpine environments and thus may provisionally be considered as truly high-montane. The long-acknowledged notions of China being a great biogeographic zone transitional between the Palaearctic and Oriental regions generally find good support in millipede distributions, in particular at the higher taxonomic levels (generic, familial, and ordinal). While the Palaearctic/Holarctic components expectedly dominate the fauna of the northern parts of the country, the Oriental ones prevail in its south and along the Pacific coast. Both realms are increasingly mixed and intermingled towards China’s centre. However, in addition to the above traditional views, based on distribution patterns alone, southern China seems to harbour a rather small, but highly peculiar faunal nucleus or origin centre of its own, whence Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and/or Taiwan could have become populated by younger lineages. The millipede fauna of continental China is thus a tangled mixture of zoogeographic elements of various origins and ages, both relict and more advanced. The few anthropochores must have been the latest faunal “layer” to populate China.

10acontinental China10aDiplopod fauna10azoogeography1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aLiu, Weixin uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47513/02593nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245008200055210006900137260001500206300001200221490000800233520197300241653001402214653001202228653001302240653001002253653001402263100002102277700003002298856004702328 2020 eng d a1313-298900aDiversity and distribution of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Georgia, Caucasus0 aDiversity and distribution of the millipedes Diplopoda of Georgi c28/04/2020 a199-2190 v9303 a

The diplopod fauna of Georgia, Transcaucasia, is very rich given the country’s relatively small territory; it presently comprises 103 species from 44 genera, 12 families, and 7 orders. Most of the Diplopoda known from Georgia (86 species, or 83%) demonstrate Caucasian distribution patterns, 36 and 46 species, as well as 8 and 9 genera being endemic or subendemic to the country, respectively. A single Holarctic family, Anthroleucosomatidae (order Chordeumatida), contains 44 Caucasian species and 20 genera, of which 27 species and 14 genera are endemic or subendemic to Georgia. Likewise, all species from the orders Polyzoniida, Siphonocryptida, Glomerida and Chordeumatida, as well as most species of Julida and Polydesmida are native, also endemic or subendemic to the Caucasus, but the genera and families they represent are widely distributed at least across the Euro-Mediterranean Realm. Most of the presumed troglobionts in the Caucasus appear to be confined to western Georgia’s karst caves (14 species, 5 genera). Within Georgia, the fauna of the western part (= Colchis) is particularly rich and diverse, while that of the central and eastern parts of the country grows increasingly depauperate inland following the gradual climatic aridisation from west (Black Sea coast) to east (Armenia and Azerbaijan). The vertical distribution of the Diplopoda in Georgia, as well as the Caucasus generally, shows the bulk of the fauna restricted to forested lowland to mountain biomes or their remnants. Only very few Chordeumatida and Julus species seem to occur solely in the subalpine to alpine environments and thus may provisionally be considered as high-montane elements. Ongoing and future research on the millipedes of the Caucasus, especially in cave and montane environments, will undoubtedly allow for many more novelties and details of the diversity and distribution of Georgia’s Diplopoda to be revealed or refined.

10achecklist10aColchis10aendemism10afauna10aMyriapoda1 aKokhia, Mzia, S.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47490/01781nas a2200265 4500008004100000022001400041245019300055210006900248260001500317300001000332490000800342520087300350653000901223653001301232653003001245653002801275653001301303100002701316700003001343700002801373700002501401700002401426700001801450856004701468 2020 eng d a1313-298900aA remarkable new species of the millipede genus Trachyjulus Peters, 1864 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) from Thailand, based both on morphological and molecular evidence0 aremarkable new species of the millipede genus iTrachyjulusi Pete c08/04/2020 a55-720 v9253 a

A new, giant species of Trachyjulus from a cave in southern Thailand is described, illustrated, and compared to morphologically closely related taxa. This new species, T. magnus sp. nov., is much larger than all other congeners and looks especially similar to the grossly sympatric T. unciger Golovatch, Geoffroy, Mauriès & VandenSpiegel, 2012, which is widespread in southern Thailand. Phylogenetic trees, both rooted and unrooted, based on a concatenated dataset of the COI and 28S genes of nine species of Cambalopsidae (Trachyjulus, Glyphiulus, and Plusioglyphiulus), strongly support the monophyly of Trachyjulus and a clear-cut divergence between T. magnus sp. nov. and T. unciger in revealing very high average p-distances of the COI gene (20.80–23.62%).

10aCave10adiplopod10amolecular-based phylogeny10amorphological character10aTaxonomy1 aLikhitrakarn, Natdanai1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich1 aJeratthitikul, Ekgachai1 aSrisonchai, Ruttapon1 aSutcharit, Chirasak1 aPanha, Somsak uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49953/