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Evolution of Animal Parasitism in Nematodes of the Suborder Spirurina. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of parasitism in Spirurina by integrating ancestral state reconstruction (ASR) with a comprehensive phylogenetic framework. Our analyses reveal clear patterns of hostswitching and major transitions in host associations, providing the first broad evolutionary perspective on parasitism within this group ...
Nagae S, Hasegawa K.
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Dietary Specialisation Shapes Gut Bacterial Diversity in Dung Beetles: Insights From Coprophagy to Millipede Carnivory. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Dung beetles feed on various food sources that are rich in microbial life. Here, we describe how the diets of seven dung beetle species, specialising in coprophagy, necrophagy, detritophagy, fungivory and carnivory influence their gut bacterial structure and diversity.
de Beer JC, Alayande KA, Pirk CWW, Adeleke RA, Sole CL.   +4 more
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Revealing patterns of endemism in the transatlantic family Chelodesmidae (Polydesmida: Diplopoda). [PDF]

Cladistics
Abstract With fossil records dating back to the Silurian/Late Ordovician, millipedes stand out as one of the earliest terrestrial animal groups. Their limited vagility and high endemism make them valuable tools for formulating and testing biogeographic hypotheses, including those related to macro‐vicariance events.
Bouzan RS, Means J, Ivanov K, Brescovit AD, Iniesta LFM.   +4 more
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Ultraviolet-induced fluorescent imaging for millipede taxonomy [PDF]

Research Ideas and Outcomes, 2017
Fluorescent imaging has been traditionally applied to cell biology, and more recently to entomology to capture microscopic images of insect anatomy. However, the technique has not been applied to the study of millipedes, most of which autofluoresce as a ...
Paul Marek
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Worldwide distribution of cave-dwelling Chelodesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

International Journal of Speleology, 2022
Chelodesmidae is one of the most species rich families within the Myriapoda. However, little is known regarding their association with caves. We provide a list of all Chelodesmidae taxa reported from caves, map their worldwide distribution, and discuss ...
Rodrigo Bouzan, Jackson Means, Kaloyan Ivanov, Rodrigo Ferreira, Antonio Brescovit, Luiz Felipe Iniesta   +5 more
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Diversity and abundance of soil macroinvertebrates along a contamination gradient in the Central Urals, Russia [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022
Since the late 1980s, long-term monitoring of terrestrial ecosystems in metal-contaminated areas near the Middle Ural Copper Smelter has been carried out in the Central Urals.
Evgenii Vorobeichik, Alexey Nesterkov, Alexander Ermakov, Maxim Zolotarev, Maxim Grebennikov   +4 more
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Two new species of Anaulacodesmus Attems, 1898 (Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from temperate forest fragments in southern Chile

Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2023
Two new endemic species of Anaulacodesmus Attems, 1898, a genus of millipede native to Chile, are described. Anaulacodesmus panterae sp. nov. and Anaulacodesmus picassovallebuonai sp. nov.
Jackson C. Means, Kaloyan Ivanov
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Diversity and taxonomic revision of methanogens and other archaea in the intestinal tract of terrestrial arthropods

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Methane emission by terrestrial invertebrates is restricted to millipedes, termites, cockroaches, and scarab beetles. The arthropod-associated archaea known to date belong to the orders Methanobacteriales, Methanomassiliicoccales, Methanomicrobiales, and
Evgenii Protasov, James O. Nonoh, Joana M. Kästle Silva, Undine S. Mies, Vincent Hervé, Carsten Dietrich, Kristina Lang, Lena Mikulski, Katja Platt, Anja Poehlein, Tim Köhler-Ramm, Edouard Miambi, Hamadi I. Boga, Christopher Feldewert, David K. Ngugi, Rudy Plarre, David Sillam-Dussès, Jan Šobotník, Rolf Daniel, Andreas Brune   +19 more
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No Tömösváry organ in flat backed millipedes (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2020
The Tömösváry 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 Tömösváry organ is commonly used as diagnostic character in taxonomic ...
Leif Moritz, Markus Koch
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Bioluminescent aposematism in millipedes [PDF]

Current Biology, 2011
SummaryBioluminescence — the ability of organisms to emit light — has evolved about 40–50 times independently across the tree of life [1]. Many different functions for bioluminescence have been proposed, for example, mate recognition, prey attraction, camouflage, and warning coloration. Millipedes in the genus Motyxia produce a greenish-blue light at a
Marek, Paul, Papaj, Daniel, Yeager, Justin, Molina, Sergio, Moore, Wendy   +4 more
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