CityScapeLab Berlin: A Research Platform for Untangling Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity [PDF]
, 2020 Urban biodiversity conservation requires an understanding of how urbanization modulates biodiversity patterns and the associated ecosystem services. While important advances have been made in the conceptual development of urban biodiversity research over
Buchholz, Sascha +4 more
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Biota Colombiana, 2020 In 1939 and 1943, R.V. Chamberlin erected Cryptops nautiphilus and C. orizaba, respectively, based on specimens collected in Mexico. In the original species description, Chamberlin omitted certain morphological characters and did not provide ...
Fabio Germán Cupul Magana
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An integrative and citizen science based approach to the rediscovery and redescription of the only known high-altitude endemic Pill Millipede, Glomeris aurita Koch (Diplopoda, Glomerida) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The pill millipede species Glomeris aurita Koch, 1847 remained of relative unknown origin and appearance until its recent rediscovery in samples from the Bergamasque Alps, northern Italy.
Thomas Wesener
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2021 Seven new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895 are described from Madagascar: Z. nigrum sp. nov., Z. silens sp. nov., Z. ambatovaky sp. nov., Z. beanka sp. nov., Z. voahangy sp. nov., Z. masoala sp. nov.
Thomas Wesener, Christina Sagorny
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Mitigating light pollution impacts on arthropods based on light-emitting diode properties. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Light pollution from artificial light at night (ALAN) is a significant environmental problem with far‐reaching consequences for ecological systems. Recent innovations in light‐emitting diode (LED) technology may offer sustainable outdoor lighting solutions, but scientific evidence is lacking. We investigated the effects of various LED lighting
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Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) of the South Ossetia
Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2023 Myriapoda of the South Ossetia comprises not less than 13 species: 8 Chilopoda species (belong to 6 genera, 5 families, and 3 orders) and 5 Diplopoda species (belong to 4 genera, 2 families, and 2 orders).
Yurii V. Dyachkov, Roman V. Zuev
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Millipeds from the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota, USA, with an account of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821) (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae); first published records from six states and the District of Columbia [PDF]
, 2012 The diplopod orders Callipodida and Polydesmida, and their respective families Abacionidae and Xystodesmidae, are initially recorded from South Dakota as is Polydesmidae from North Dakota. Other new records of indigenous taxa include Abacion Rafinesque,
Shelley, Rowland M., Snyder, Bruce A.
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A taxonomic review of the centipede genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in mainland Southeast Asia, with description of a new species from Laos [PDF]
, 2016 NHM ...
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Arthropod Venom Components and Their Potential Usage
Toxins, 2020 Arthropods comprise a predominant and well-succeeded phylum of the animal kingdom that evolved and diversified in millions of species grouped in four subphyla, namely, Chelicerata (arachnids), Crustacea, Myriapoda (centipedes), and Hexapoda (insects) [...
Gandhi Rádis-Baptista, Katsuhiro Konno
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A new genus of the millipede tribe Brachyiulini (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae) from the Aegean region [PDF]
, 2013 A new genus of the julid tribe Brachyiulini, Enghophyllum gen. nov., is described, comprising two species from Greece. The type-species, E. naxium (Verhoeff, 1901) comb. nov. (ex Megaphyllum Verhoeff, 1894), appears to be rather widespread in the Aegean:
Lazányi, Eszter, Vagalinski, Boyan
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