Many feet and little known
With its focus on Myriapoda, the Myriapoda section of the LIB is currently unique in Germany. It deals with the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda), as well as the smaller groups of the dwarf-footed animals (Symphyla) and small-footed animals (Pauropoda). The 'classical' taxonomy is being researched here, as in many areas of the world more than 2/3 of the species and genera are still undescribed.
Diverse range of methods
Applied methods are morphology (light and electron microscopy, tomography and microcomputer tomography), as well as genetics (barcoding and phylogeny based on ribosomal genes). Geographically, research is focussed on Madagascar and India, as well as Northern Italy, Australia and South-East Asia.
Understanding biodiversity
The orders studied are giant millipedes (Sphaerotheriida), sap millipedes (Glomerida), sausage millipedes (Spirobolida) and proto-millipedes (Glomeridesmida [Limacomorpha]) - which are also the main focus of the collection. The collection is a record of the species occurring in an area. Our myriapod collection is fully digitised and, thanks to preservation in 96% ethanol, genetic studies are also possible in the future.
Related collections
Contact person
- Head of Section Myriapoda
- Editor Bonn zoological Bulletin - Supplementum
Phone: +49 228 9122 425
E-Mail: t.wesener@leibniz-lib.de
Projects
There are currently no projects available
Publications
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2025/2
The millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924, in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zoosystematics and Evolution, 1, 101
2025/1
Revision of the millipede family Dalodesmidae in Madagascar, with descriptions of two new Malagasy species of Dalodesmus Cook, 1896 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)
ZooKeys, 1223
2024/12
Integrative description of a new species of the genus Siphonorhinus Pocock, 1894 and first record of the family Siphonophoridae from India (Diplopoda: Siphonophorida)
Integrative Systematics Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History, 2, 7
2024/11
Integrative redescription of Glomeris cingulata C. L. Koch, 1847, an almost forgotten microendemic pill millipede (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5541
2024/10
Five new species and numerous locality records of Spirobolida millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5529
2024/9
Integrative taxonomy reveals two new giant pill-millipedes of the genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from eastern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
ZooKeys, 1212
2024/5
Natural history collections help resurrecting Glomeris herzogowinensis Verhoeff, 1898 and further clarify the nomenclature of two Onychoglomeris subspecies of Attems (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae)
Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2, 100
2024/4
Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa (vol 14, pg 543, 2023)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 15
2024/3
The first record of the giant pill-millipede genus Prionobelum Verhoeff, 1924 from Thailand, with the integrative description of two species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zootaxa, 4, 5419
2024/1
Integrated taxonomy of three new species of Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) from Laos
The Raffles bulletin of zoology, 72
2023/9
Ecological studies on Trachysphaera lobata (Ribaut, 1954) in the UK, with comments on the results of a taxonomic study.
Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group, 35
2023/8
Towards elucidating species diversity of European inland Strigamia (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha): a first reassessment integrating multiple lines of evidence
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 199
2023/6
Hábitat, agregaciones y desarrollo postembrionario del milpiés Hirudicryptus canariensis (Loksa, 1967) en el bosque de laurisilva de Tenerife (Diplopoda: Siphonocryptida)
Graellsia, 1, 79
2023/5
Madagascarhinus, a new genus of the family Siphonorhinidae with two new species from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida)
Zootaxa, 1, 5278
2023/4
Integrative redescription of the sucking millipede genus Dawydoffia Attems, 1953, with a description of a new species and a transfer to the family Hirudisomatidae (Diplopoda, Polyzoniida)
Zootaxa, 3, 5263
2023/1
Fossils from the Montceau-les-Mines Lagerstätte (305 Ma) shed light on the anatomy, ecology and phylogeny of Carboniferous millipedes
Journal of systematic palaeontology, 1, 21
2022/11
Five new species of the giant pill-millipedes of the genera Zephronia and Sphaerobelum, from China (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae)
Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ), 6, 58
2022/11
Integrative redescription of the enigmatic monotypic alpine pill millipede genus Simplomeris Verhoeff, 1936 (Glomerida, Glomeridae, Haploglomerinae)
Zootaxa, 6, 5200
2022/11
The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VII. Petra sierwaldae, n. gen., n. sp., a minute millipede from Idaho, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5213
2022/11
Diplopoda, Millipedes, Menavetraka, Ankodavitra, Ankodiavitry, Marotanana, Sakolavitsy.
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2022/9
First record of the order Polyzoniida from the Indian subcontinent with an integrative description of a new genus (Diplopoda, Colobognatha, Siphonotidae)
Zootaxa, 5, 5182
2022/5
A pinhead millipede astray: a new polyzoniidan millipede from New Zealand in Great Britain and the genusSiphonethusChamberlin, 1920 in New Zealand (Polyzoniida: Siphonotidae)
New Zealand Entomologist, 2, 44
2022/3
New Thai giant pill-millipede species, with new genetic barcoding data (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5105
2022/2
A previously unknown feeding mode in millipedes and the convergence of fluid feeding across arthropods
Science advances, 7, 8
2021/10
A tarsal spinning organ in glomeridesmid millipedes (Diplopoda: Pentazonia: Glomeridesmida)
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 79
