@article {1356, title = {Taxonomic review of the millipede genus Haematotropis Jeekel, 2000 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae, Aphelidesminae) with descriptions of thirteen new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5064}, year = {2021}, month = {08/11/2021}, pages = {1-71}, type = {Monograph}, abstract = {

The northern South American genus Haematotropis Jeekel, 2000 is shown to presently encompass 21 species, all duly redescribed, illustrated, keyed, and mapped, including 13 new species: H. amazonica sp. nov. (Amazonas, Brazil), H. aripuanensis sp. nov. (Mato Grosso, Brazil), H. callyi sp. nov. (French Guiana), H. dentata sp. nov. (Maranh\ão, Brazil), H. disjunctoides sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. goeldii sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. jurutiensis sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. driki sp. nov. (Amazonas, Brazil), H. melgacensis sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. mosaica sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. paraensis sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil), H. poranga sp. nov. (Par\á, Brazil) and H. tysoni sp. nov. (Amazonas, Brazil). New characters are used in all descriptions and redescriptions. Aphelidesmus guianensis Chamberlin, 1923, the type species of Ochrotropis Jeekel, 2000, is a new junior synonym of Aphelidesmus divergens Chamberlin, 1918, comb. nov. ex Ochrotropis in Haematotropis.

}, keywords = {Aphelidesmus, key, map, Myriapoda, Neotropical Regi{\'o}n, Taxonomy}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5064.1.1}, url = {https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5064.1.1}, author = {Almeida, Tha{\'\i}s and Bueno-Villegas, Juli{\'a}n and Rafael, Jos{\'e}} } @article {1228, title = {Microhabitat partitioning is driven by preferences, not competition, in two Costa Rican millipede species}, journal = {Journal of Tropical Ecology}, volume = {37}, year = {2021}, month = {09/09/2021}, pages = {235-239}, abstract = {

The co-occurrence of similar species in a particular environment may be facilitated if they specialise on different microhabitats, reducing competition between them. In some cases, two species prefer the same microhabitat, but one is competitively excluded to its harsh margins. In this study, we assessed microhabitat preferences and competition between two species of millipedes in Costa Rica. (1) We observed them in the wild and found Nyssodesmus python most often on wood, less often on leaves, and rarely on rocks. Spirobolida was found most often on leaves, less often on wood, and never on rocks. (2) We tested their preferences in the lab and found that N. python preferred wood to rocks, wood to leaves, and rocks to leaves. Spirobolida preferred leaves to rocks, leaves to wood, and wood to rocks. (3) We tested interference competition by placing both species together in an arena in which they both had the same preference (wood vs. rocks). Both species chose to cohabitate in the same wood, indicating that one species did not directly exclude the other. In N. python and Spirobolida, co-occurrence is facilitated by differences in microhabitat preferences and not because competition forces one species out of its preferred microhabitat.

}, keywords = {arthropod, biodiversity, Diplopoda, Nyssodesmus, Spirobolida}, issn = {0266-4674}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467421000365}, url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/article/microhabitat-partitioning-is-driven-by-preferences-not-competition-in-two-costa-rican-millipede-species/BB96950501609CC4F61FEA404CEC5758}, author = {Cooley, Shane M. and Oldfield, Ronald G.} } @article {1213, title = {Redescription and new combination for Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, with a new name for the homonym Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)}, journal = {Graellsia}, volume = {77}, year = {2021}, month = {31/05/2021}, pages = {e137}, abstract = {

Abstract: The Mexican millipede Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, has remained as incertae sedis for over a century. Examination of the holotype shows that the species belongs to Amplinus, a genus of the large polydesmidan family Aphelidesmidae. Here, we present a full redescription of the holotype of Amplinus flavocarinatus (Daday, 1889) comb. nov. On the other hand, Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (currently included in the genus Pycnotropis) is a junior primary homonym of E. flavocarinatus Daday, 1889 and, to solve this issue, the name Pycnotropis silvestrii Recuero \& Aguado-Aranda new name is proposed to replace Silvestri\’s name.

Redescripci\ón y nueva combinaci\ón de Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, y nuevo nombre para el hom\ónimo Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)

Resumen: El milpi\és mexicano Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, ha permanecido como incertae sedis por m\ás de un siglo. El examen del holotipo demuestra que la especie pertenece al g\énero Amplinus dentro de la amplia familia Aphelidesmidae, orden Polydesmida. En el presente trabajo presentamos una redescripci\ón completa del holotipo de Amplinus flavocarinatus (Daday, 1889) comb. nov. Por otro lado, Euryurus flavocarinatus Silvestri, 1899 (actualmente cosiderada dentro del g\énero Pycnotropis) es un hom\ónimo primario m\ás reciente de E. flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, por lo que proponemos el nombre Pycnotropis silvestrii Recuero \& Aguado-Aranda nom. nov. para sustituir el nombre de Silvestri y resolver la homonimia.

}, keywords = {Amplinus, homonimia, homonymy, nomenclatura, nomenclature, Pycnotropis, redescripci{\'o}n, redescription, Taxonom{\'\i}a, Taxonomy}, issn = {1989-953X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2021.v77.299}, url = {https://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/656}, author = {Recuero, Ernesto and Aguado-Aranda, Pablo} } @article {1105, title = {A survey of the western African millipede genus Tymbodesmus Cook, 1899 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Gomphodesmidae), with the new species of the oligotypic millipede genus Tymbodesmus is described from Cameroon}, journal = {Arthropoda Selecta}, volume = {26}, year = {2017}, month = {05/2017}, pages = {1-7}, type = {Full Article}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {

A new species of the oligotypic millipede genus Tymbodesmus is described from Cameroon:T. golovatchi sp.n. It is distinguished by the presence of a single spine on the gonopod nodus and the absence of a paxillus on body segment 15. New material of the type-species T. figlinus Cook, 1899,
previously known in Cameroon only from the littoral region (Kumba \“Mundame\”), is also illustrated.

}, author = {Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard and Tamesse, J. L. and VandenSpiegel, Didier} } @article {1055, title = {Review of the Neotropical millipede genus Pycnotropis CARL, 1914 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)}, journal = {Amazoniana: Limnologia et Oecologia Regionalis Systematis Fluminis Amazonas}, volume = {15}, year = {1998}, pages = {67-102}, abstract = {

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.

}, keywords = {Aphelidesmidae, Diplopoda, millipede, Neotropics, Polydesmida, Taxonomy}, issn = {0065-6755}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0004-91C4-A}, author = {Sergei Ilyich Golovatch and Vohland, Katrin and Hoffman, Richard L. and Adis, Joachim and M{\'a}rmol, Andr{\'e}s E. and Bachmann, Lutz and Tomiuk, J{\"u}rgen} } @article {893, title = {A mountain of millipedes IX: Species of the family Gomphodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2020}, month = {29/06/2020}, pages = {1-35}, abstract = {

A new genus and six new species of the family Gomphodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mts are described, including Pogoro alopias Rosenmejer \& Enghoff sp. nov., Pogoro siren Rosenmejer \& Enghoff sp. nov., Pogoropsis prolixopes Rosenmejer \& Enghoff gen. et sp. nov., Emphysemastix frampt Olsen \& Enghoff sp. nov., Agrophogonus hamulus Olsen \& Enghoff sp. nov., and Agrophogonus pusillokiellandi Olsen \& Enghoff sp. nov. Emphysemastix dracarys Olsen \& Enghoff sp. nov. from Iringa city is described. Descriptive notes are given for Pogoro scharffi Hoffman, 2005, and Agrophogonus mwanihana Hoffmann, 2005. General gomphodesmid gonopod morphology is described and illustrated. A key to Udzungwa gomphodesmids is presented, as well as revised keys to all species of Emphysemastix and Agrophogonus. All gomphodesmid species from the Udzungwa Mts are mapped.

}, keywords = {Eastern Arc Mountains, key, new species, Taxonomy}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2020.675}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1005}, author = {Olsen, Sissel Anna and Rosenmejer, Trine and Enghoff, Henrik} } @article {623, title = {Millipeds of the genus Polydesmorhachis Pocock (Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) / Richard L. Hoffman.}, year = {1975}, pages = {1-22}, publisher = {Field Museum of Natural History,}, author = {Hoffman, Richard L.} } @article {496, title = {Edible arachnids and myriapods worldwide {\textendash} updated list, nutritional profile and food hygiene implications}, journal = {Journal of Insects as Food and Feed}, volume = {7}, year = {2020}, month = {27/11/2020}, pages = {261-279}, abstract = {

Like insects, arachnids (spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks) and myriapods (millipedes and centipedes) also have a history of traditional consumption, either as foodstuff or medicine. In this review, an updated list of edible arachnids and myriapods is presented, showing that these animals are consumed worldwide. They are collected from the wild, and typical processing includes heating, defanging and, in certain cases, drying and grinding. The scarce data show a marked variation in nutrient composition that depends on the taxon and even sex, possibly also instar and feeding. Evaluating these traditions in terms of food safety, tick consumption must be discouraged, and heating steps are mandatory to eliminate pathogens, venoms, and urticating setae. For the future, more research will be necessary to assess chemical risks in wild-caught animals in terms of consumer safety and to get productive arachnid and myriapod farming for foodstuffs and industrial uses (pharmaceutical substances and silks) started.

}, keywords = {arachnophagy, arthropod farming, food anthropology, food safety, pharmacology, toxicology}, issn = {2352-4588}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2020.0046}, url = {https://www.wageningenacademic.com/doi/10.3920/JIFF2020.0046}, author = {Costa-Neto, Eraldo Medeiros and Grabowski, Nils Thomas} } @article {409, title = {Review of the millipede subfamily Amplininae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae) with remarks on phylogeny and the description of some new South American genera and species}, journal = {Amazoniana: Limnologia et Oecologia Regionalis Systematis Fluminis Amazonas}, volume = {15}, year = {1998}, month = {12/1998}, pages = {129-163}, abstract = {

A review of the millipede subfamily Amplininae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae) is presented. The genera Meridiurus, Tribrachiorus, Coleocacamus, Kallistopeltis, Sculptoteles and Pastazina are erected as new. Description of the new species Polylepiscus hirmerae n.sp., Meridiurus venitus n.sp., Tribrachiorus suarezi n.sp., T. huila n.sp., Coleocacamus depressus n.sp., C. labialveus n.sp., Thrinoxethus juani n.sp., T. junini n.sp., T. siolii n.sp. and Pastazina crassa n.sp. are given. Tribrachiorus polygonatus (GERVAIS, 1847), Kallistopeltis kalonota (ATTEMS, 1899), and Sculptoteles braueri (CARL, 1918) are redescribed. An analysis is attempted to elucidate the phylogenetic and, to some extent, biogeographical relationships of the genera as they are conceived of at the present.

}, keywords = {Amplininae, Aphelidesmidae, biogeography, Diplopoda, phylogeny, Polydesmida, systematics, Taxonomy}, issn = {0065-6755}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0004-91E6-4}, author = {Vohland, Katrin} } @article {345, title = {Xanthotropis, a new genus in the Neotropical millipede subfamily Aphelidesminae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4471}, year = {2018}, month = {05/09/2018}, pages = {351-360}, abstract = {

The monotypic taxon Xanthotropis n. gen. is established to accommodate Haematotropis media Golovatch, Hoffman \& Spelda, 2004, known only from the vicinity of Manaus, Brazil, as it is incompatible with both its originally assigned genus and Aphelidesmus Br\ölemann, 1898, a suggested alternative. Xanthotropis is defined primarily by minute teeth on paranota 2\–4, a sublinear posterior margin of the telson, and an elongated, distally expanded/laminate acropodite. The\  Br\ölemann, 1916, range from northeastern Mexico and Tobago to northern Brazil and southwestern Peru; a questionable more-northerly record, from Monterey, Mexico, requires verification with fresh material. One of two families of the polydesmidan superfamily Platyrhacoidea (Leptodesmidea), Aphelidesmidae comprises two subfamilies, the nominate and Amplininae Hoffman, 1954. The latter has been addressed by several authors, and we here review Aphelidesminae by providing full synonymies, a literature review, and a key to its four genera: Aphelidesmus Br\ölemann, 1898; Haematotropis and Ochrotropis, both by Jeekel, 2000; and Xanthotropis n. gen.

}, keywords = {acropodite, Amazonia, Brazil, Haematotropis, paranota, prefemur}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.7}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4471.2.7}, author = {De Almeida, Tha{\'\i}s Melo and Shelley, Rowland M. and Rafael, Jos{\'e} Albertino} } @article {241, title = {Japanesische Arachniden und Myriapoden}, journal = {Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-k{\"o}niglichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien}, volume = {27}, year = {1878}, pages = {735-798}, url = {https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42882269}, author = {Ludwig Carl Christian Koch} } @article {169, title = {Descriptions of fourteen new species of North American myriapods}, journal = {Proceedings of the United States National Museum}, volume = {10}, year = {1888}, month = {19/09/1888}, pages = {617{\textendash}627}, publisher = {Washington :Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.]}, abstract = {

Remark: Published in signatures 39 and 40.

}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.10-670.617}, url = {https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/23758}, author = {Charles Harvey Bollman} }