@article {1996, title = {The correct authorship of Arthropoda{\textemdash}A reappraisal}, journal = {Integrative Systematics}, volume = {6}, year = {2023}, month = {04/05/2023}, pages = {1-8}, type = {Research Article}, abstract = {

Abstract: The scientific name Arthropoda has been repeatedly cited with various incorrect authorship data. This unsatisfactory situation was reviewed in 2013 and the \“correct citation\” was affirmed to be \“Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848\” based on the available evidence. Here, the review of historical literature is expanded with additional sources from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. The Greek compound noun \“Arthropoda\” was used as a scientific name at the rank of class already in 1843, containing the subclasses Crustacea, Arachnoidea, and Insecta. Additionally, the French morphological term \“arthropodes\” has been used in Zoology since at least 1832. The new citation of the name is proposed as \“Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843\”.

Zusammenfassung: Der wissenschaftliche Name Arthropoda wurde wiederholt mit verschiedenen falschen Urheberangaben zitiert. Die unbefriedigende Situation wurde 2013 \überpr\üft und die \„korrekte Zitierung\“ auf der Grundlage der verf\ügbaren Literatur mit \„Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848\“ best\ätigt. Hier wird die Recherche historischer Literatur um zus\ätzliche Quellen aus der Biodiversity Heritage Library erweitert. Das griechische zusammengesetzte Substantiv \„Arthropoda\“ wurde bereits 1843 als wissenschaftlicher Name im Rang einer Klasse verwendet, der die Unterklassen Crustacea, Arachnoidea und Insecta enthielt. Dar\über hinaus wird der franz\ösische morphologische Begriff \„arthropodes\“ in der Zoologie seit mindestens 1832 verwendet. Die neue Zitation des Namens wird als \„Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843\“ vorgeschlagen.

}, keywords = {anatomy, Arthropoda, Dumortier, Gravenhorst, nomenclature, von Siebold}, issn = {2628-2380}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.18476/2023.472723}, url = {https://bioone.org/journals/integrative-systematics-stuttgart-contributions-to-natural-history/volume-6/issue-1/2023.472723/The-correct-authorship-of-ArthropodaA-reappraisal/10.18476/2023.472723.full}, author = {Mart{\'\i}nez-Mu{\~n}oz, Carlos A.} } @article {1151, title = {Taxonomic synthesis of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), utilizing high-detail ultraviolet fluorescence imaging}, journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society}, volume = {187}, year = {2019}, month = {18/04/2019}, pages = {117-142}, abstract = {

The species of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus are reviewed. Synonyms and comprehensive literature citations are provided for each of the eight recognized species. Diagnostic morphology of the genus, including clarification of male gonopod terminology, is reviewed and defined using scanning electron microscopy and high-quality macrophotographic images, including those in which ultraviolet fluorescence was induced to produce detailed images of morphological structures. Based on the examination of available type material, the following eight species are recognized: (1) Pseudopolydesmus erasus; (2) Pseudopolydesmus canadensis; (3) Pseudopolydesmus collinus; (4) Pseudopolydesmus pinetorum; (5) Pseudopolydesmus minor; (6) Pseudopolydesmus caddo; (7) Pseudopolydesmus paludicolus; and (8) Pseudopolydesmus serratus. The species names Polydesmus neoterus and Polydesmus euthetus are here placed as junior subjective synonyms of Ps. minor (both syn. nov.), and Polydesmus natchitoches is placed as a junior subjective synonym of Ps. pinetorum (syn. nov.).

}, keywords = {anatomy, biodiversity, ecology, genitalia, genus revision, morphological systematics, Taxonomy}, issn = {0024-4082}, doi = {10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz020}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/187/1/117/5475011}, author = {Sierwald, Petra and Hennen, Derek A. and Zahnle, Xavier J. and Ware, Stephanie and Marek, Paul E.} } @article {960, title = {Inside the head of a cybertype {\textendash} three-dimensional reconstruction of the head muscles of Ommatoiulus avatar (Diplopoda: Juliformia: Julidae) reveals insights into the feeding movements of Juliformia}, journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society}, volume = {188}, year = {2019}, month = {28/11/2019}, pages = {954-975}, abstract = {

The origin and diversification of the arthropod head is one of the major topics in the field of evolutionary morphology of Arthropoda. Among the major arthropod groups, Myriapoda and, more precisely Diplopoda, are generally poorly studied regarding their head anatomy. However, this group is of pivotal importance to understand the evolutionary functional morphology of the arthropod head. In this study, we investigate the complete musculoskeletal system of the diplopod head with a detailed description of the cephalic anatomy of the recently described species Ommatoiulus avatar. The comparison of our data with the literature on the few other species available show that the morphology of the musculoskeletal system within Juliformia, a subgroup of the Diplopoda, is relatively conservative. Using video recordings of the feeding movements in addition to the anatomical data, we revise the mechanism of the mandibular movements in Juliformia. There was a controversy whether mandibular abduction is an active process, facilitated by contraction of an abductor muscle, or if it is a passive process, mediated by tentorial and gnathochilarial movements not involving a direct abduction by muscular contraction. We show that mandibular abduction in Ommatoiulus is an active movement involving the contraction of an abductor muscle. This is similar to the mandibular abduction in other arthropod groups.

}, keywords = {anatomy, behaviour, biomechanics, feeding behaviour}, issn = {0024-4082}, doi = {10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz109}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/188/4/954/5644588}, author = {Naumann, Benjamin and Reip, Hans S. and Akkari, Nesrine and Neubert, David and Hammel, J{\"o}rg U.} } @article {291, title = {No T{\"o}m{\"o}sv{\'a}ry organ in flat backed millipedes (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {930}, year = {2020}, month = {28/04/2020}, pages = {103-115}, abstract = {

The T\öm\ösv\áry organ is a sensory structure of the head in myriapods and some other terrestrial arthropods. Due to its variable shape, size, and position in millipedes (Diplopoda) the T\öm\ösv\áry organ is commonly used as diagnostic character in taxonomic descriptions and often included in phylogenetic analyses. For the Polydesmida, the largest millipede order, the T\öm\ösv\áry organ is inconsistently stated as being either absent or present as a pear-shaped pit covered by a membrane or cuticular disc. In order to resolve this inconsistency, we investigated the morphology of the presumable T\öm\ösv\áry organ in four polydesmidan species based on paraffin-histology, semi-thin sections and micro-computed tomography. Our results unambiguously favor the view that the articulation of the cephalic tentorium with the head capsule was misidentified as the T\öm\ösv\áry organ in previous studies, and thus that the T\öm\ösv\áry organ indeed is absent in the Polydesmida. The pear-shaped pit proved to represent the distal roundish expansion of the incisura lateralis, to which \– similarly as in julidan millipedes \– the tentorial transverse bar is articulated. The absence of the T\öm\ösv\áry organ in the Polydesmida does not affect the topology of the interrelationships among the millipede orders retrieved in previous cladistic analyses based on morphology. As a character shared by Colobognatha and Juliformia, however, absence of a T\öm\ösv\áry organ in Polydesmida favors the optimization of its presence in nematophoran millipedes as a reversal. Further studies are needed to clarify whether among chilognathan millipedes a T\öm\ösv\áry organ really exists in taxa such as Stemmiulida, and whether the T\öm\ösv\áry organs are homologous across millipedes.

}, keywords = {anatomy, Histology, Micro-Computed Tomography, morphology, tentorium}, issn = {1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.930.48438}, url = {https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/48438/}, author = {Moritz, Leif and Koch, Markus} }