@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 {576, title = {Hidden in plain sight: six millipede species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) new for the fauna of Switzerland}, journal = {Revue suisse de Zoologie}, volume = {127}, year = {2020}, month = {28/10/2020}, pages = {249{\textendash}259}, abstract = {

Diplopoda are poorly studied in many regions. The last comprehensive work on the millipede fauna of Switzerland was published in 1993 and listed 124 outdoor-living species. Recent sampling efforts have resulted in the discovery of six millipede species of European origin that were not previously known to occur in Switzerland: Cylindroiulus britannicus (Verhoeff, 1891), C. salicivorus\ Verhoeff, 1908, C. vulnerarius (Berlese, 1888), Heteroiulus intermedius (Br\ölemann, 1892), Anamastigona pulchella (Silvestri, 1894) and Macrosternodesmus palicola\ Br\ölemann, 1908. None of them is currently invasive in Switzerland, but some are rapidly expanding across Europe and other regions of the world. A species which was previously only known from northern Italy, H. intermedius, was found in a forest close to Bellinzona. It is likely a native Swiss species which has previously been overlooked. The other five species were collected in human-made habitats in the city of Basel and its surroundings, suggesting human-caused introduction. Two species, C. britannicus and M. palicola, likely have an Atlantic origin, while the three remaining species, C. salicivorus, C. vulnerarius and A. pulchella, are originally from Italy. The biogeography of these six species is discussed, and photographs of specimens of each species and their gonopods are presented.

}, keywords = {Basel, Bellinzona, faunistics, invasive species, new records, non-native species, Soil fauna, urban biodiversity}, issn = {0035-418}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0019}, url = {https://bioone.org/journals/revue-suisse-de-zoologie/volume-127/issue-2/RSZ.0019/Hidden-in-plain-sight--six-millipede-species-Myriapoda/10.35929/RSZ.0019.full}, author = {Jos{\'e} D. Gilgado} }