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An unexpected discovery: the pill millipedes of Mallorca and the Spanish Mediterranean
Management: Dr. Thomas Wesener
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Unique in the world and highly endangered, the millipedes of the Lavasoa-Ambatotsirongorongo forest in Madagascar
Management: Dr. Thomas Wesener
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Unknown group of puffer millipedes in Cretaceous amber
Management: Dr. Thomas Wesener
Publications
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2025/03
Protosiphonorhinus patrickmuelleri gen. et sp. nov., the first fossil member of the sucking millipede family Siphonorhinidae (Colobognatha, Siphonophorida) described from Cretaceous Myanmar amber
Evolutionary Systematics, 1, 9
2025/03
Internal gonopod reconstruction in an amber-preserved millipede from the Cretaceous: Laeviglyphiulus patrickmuelleri n. gen., n. sp. (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 1, 144
2025/02
The millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924, in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zoosystematics and Evolution, 1, 101
2025/01
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
2024/09
Integrative taxonomy reveals two new giant pill-millipedes of the genus Zephronia Gray, 1832 from eastern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
ZooKeys, 1212
2024/05
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
2024/04
Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa (vol 14, pg 543, 2023)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 15
2024/03
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
2024/01
Integrated taxonomy of three new species of Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) from Laos
The Raffles bulletin of zoology, 72
2023/09
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
2023/08
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
2023/06
Notorhinus floresi sp. nov. gen. nov.: The first records of Siphonophorida in Chile and Siphonorhinidae in South America (Colobognatha)
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 81
2023/06
Hábitat, agregaciones y desarrollo postembrionario del milpiés Hirudicryptus canariensis (Loksa, 1967) en el bosque de laurisilva de Tenerife (Diplopoda: Siphonocryptida)
Graellsia, 1, 79
2023/05
Madagascarhinus, a new genus of the family Siphonorhinidae with two new species from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida)
Zootaxa, 1, 5278
2023/04
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
2023/01
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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2022/09
First record of the order Polyzoniida from the Indian subcontinent with an integrative description of a new genus (Diplopoda, Colobognatha, Siphonotidae)
Zootaxa, 5, 5182
2022/05
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
2022/03
New Thai giant pill-millipede species, with new genetic barcoding data (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 5105
2022/02
A previously unknown feeding mode in millipedes and the convergence of fluid feeding across arthropods
Science advances, 7, 8
2021/11
Penetrative and non-penetrative interaction between Laboulbeniales fungi and their arthropod hosts
Scientific reports, 1, 11
2021/10
A tarsal spinning organ in glomeridesmid millipedes (Diplopoda: Pentazonia: Glomeridesmida)
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 79
2021/08
Integrative description of new giant pill-millipedes from southern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 762
2021/08
Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zootaxa, 2, 5027
2021/08
Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zootaxa, 2, 5027
2021/07
Seven new giant pill-millipede species and numerous new records of the genus Zoosphaerium from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 758
2021/06
Electrocambalidae fam. nov., a new family of Cambalidea from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 755
2021/06
First steps toward suctorial feeding in millipedes: Comparative morphology of the head of the Platydesmida (Diplopoda: Colobognatha)
Invertebrate Biology, 2, 140
2021/03
Description of the first species of Glomeridesmida from Thailand (Diplopoda, Glomeridesmida, Glomeridesmidae)
ZooKeys, 1024
2021/03
Description of the first species of Glomeridesmida from Thailand (Diplopoda, Glomeridesmida, Glomeridesmidae)
ZooKeys, 1024
2020/12
Vegetation thresholds for the occurrence of millipedes (Diplopoda) in different tropical forest types in Andasibe
Madagascar Conservation & Development, 1, 15
2020/10
Dichromatobolus, a new genus of spirobolidan millipedes from Madagascar (Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 720
2020/07
Ecotone shifts in southern Madagascar: first barcoding data and six new species of the endemic millipede genus Riotintobolus (Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)
ZooKeys, 953
2020/06
An annotated list of the millipede (Diplopoda) species described by Johann Carl
Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 1, 127
2020/05
The millipede family Polyxenidae (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) in the faunas of the Crimean Peninsula and Caucasus, with notes on other European Polyxenidae
Zootaxa, 2, 4772
2020/04
Some new or poorly-known Zephroniidae (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida) from Vietnam
ZooKeys, 930
2020/04
No Tömösváry organ in flat backed millipedes (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)
ZooKeys, 930
2020/04
The millipedes collected by the Museum "La Specola" on Madagascar 1989/1991, with the description of three new species of giant pill-millipedes (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)
ZooKeys, 930
2019/12
A prelude to the Caucasus Barcode of Life Platform (CaBOL): Biodiversity days in Georgia in 2018 and 2019
Bonn zoological bulletin, 2, 68
2019/12
Heat tolerance and acclimation capacity in subterranean arthropods living under common and stable thermal conditions
Ecology and Evolution, 24, 9
2019/11
The oldest pill millipede fossil: A species of the Asiatic pill millipede genus Hyleoglomeris in Baltic amber (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae)
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 283
2019/09
The first known fossils of the Platydesmida—an extant American genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Diplopoda: Platydesmida: Andrognathidae)
Organisms diversity & evolution, 3, 19
2019/06
Tausendfüßer (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) in Burmesischem Bernstein – Neue Einblicke in die Keidezeit mit Hilfe von Mikro-Computertomographie.
Koenigiana, 2, 13
2019/05
Dwarfs under dinosaur legs: a new millipede of the order Callipodida (Diplopoda) from Cretaceous amber of Burma
ZooKeys, 841
2019/04
The Myriapoda of Halimun-Salak National Park (Java, Indonesia): overview and faunal composition
Biodiversity Data Journal, 7
2019/02
First records of giant pill-millipedes from Laos (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zootaxa, 2, 4563
2019/02
The first record of the dwarf pill millipede Geoglomeris subterranea Verhoeff, 1908 in western Germany (Diplopoda, Glomerida) and the associated Myriapoda fauna of the Quirrenbach (Siebengebirge, NRW).
Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group, 31
2018/12
Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017)
Check List, 6, 14
2018/09
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)
PeerJ, 6
2018/08
Four new species of giant pill-millipedes from Vietnam (Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 4459
2018/04
Symphylella patrickmuelleri sp. nov. (Myriapoda: Symphyla): The oldest known Symphyla and first fossil record of Scolopendrellidae from Cretaceous Burmese amber
Cretaceous Research, 84
2018/04
A replacement name for Dalodesmus sakalava (de Saussure Zehntner, 1901)(Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae).
Zootaxa, 2, 4413
2018/03
A first phylogenetic analysis of the pill millipedes of the order Glomerida, with a special assessment of mandible characters (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Pentazonia)
Arthropod structure & development/Arthropod structure and development (Online), 2, 47
2018/03
An apparently non-swinging tentorium in the Diplopoda (Myriapoda): comparative morphology of the tentorial complex in giant pill-millipedes (Sphaerotheriida)
ZooKeys, 741
2018/03
Intraspecific variation and phylogeography of the millipede model organism, the Black Pill Millipede Glomeris marginata (Villers, 1789) (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae)
ZooKeys, 741
2017/12
Integrative description of two new species of Malagasy chirping giant pill-millipedes, genus Sphaeromimus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 381
2017/06
A look with μCT technology into a treasure trove of fossils: The first two fossils of the millipede order Siphoniulida discovered in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Myriapoda, Diplopoda)
Cretaceous Research, 74
2017/06
The Diplopoda (Myriapoda) of Madagascar described by Henri de Saussure and Leo Zehntner.
Revue suisse de zoologie, 1, 124
2017/05
Two new giant pill-millipede species of the genus Zoosphaerium endemic to the Bemanevika area in northern Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)
Zootaxa, 2, 4263
2017/03
Contributions to the millipede genus Nepalella Shear, 1979 from China, with four new species and first results on phylogeny based on DNA-barcoding (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Megalotylidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 4243
2017/03
Four new species of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910 from Laos, including two with reduced ozopores (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae)
ZooKeys, 660
2017/02
Convergent Evolution of Unique Morphological Adaptations to a Subterranean Environment in Cave Millipedes (Diplopoda)
PloS one, 2, 12
2017/00
Barcoding reveals the first record of Lamyctes africanus (Porath, 1871) in Germany (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha)
Bonn zoological Bulletin, 1, 66
2016/11
Redescription and phylogenetic analysis of the type species of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaeropoeus Brandt, 1833 (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zootaxa, 1, 4184
2016/09
Local Hotspots of Endemism or Artifacts of Incorrect Taxonomy? The Status of Microendemic Pill Millipede Species of the Genus Glomeris in Northern Italy (Diplopoda, Glomerida)
PloS one, 9, 11
2016/06
A species checklist of the millipedes (Myriapoda, Diplopoda) of India
Zootaxa, 1, 4129
2016/03
The giant pill-millipedes, order Sphaerotheriida: an annotated species catalogue with morphological atlas and list of apomorphies (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)
2016/02
Barcoding of Central European Cryptops centipedes reveals large interspecific distances with ghost lineages and new species records from Germany and Austria (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha)
ZooKeys, 564, 564
2015/11
Integrative redescription of a forgotten Italian pill millipede endemic to the Apuan Alps—Glomeris apuana Verhoeff, 1911 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae)
Zootaxa, 2, 4039
2015/11
Integrative redescription of a forgotten Italian pill millipede endemic to the Apuan Alps-Glomeris apuana Verhoeff, 1911 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae).
Zootaxa, 2, 4039
2015/06
First results of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) – Myriapoda project: Cryptic lineages in German Stenotaenia linearis (Koch, 1835) (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha)
ZooKeys, 510
2015/06
The giant pill-millipedes of Nepal (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)
Zootaxa, 3, 3964
2015/06
Steps towards a phylogeny of the pill millipedes: non-monophyly of the family Protoglomeridae, with an integrative redescription of Eupeyerimhoffia archimedis (Diplopoda, Glomerida)
ZooKeys, 510, 510
2015/06
First results of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) – Myriapoda project: Cryptic lineages in German Stenotaenia linearis (Koch, 1835) (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha)
ZooKeys, 510, 510
2015/06
Nachtrag zur Checkliste der Hundert- und Tausendfüßer (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda) und Artenverzeichnis der Zwerg- und Wenigfüßer (Symphyla, Pauropoda) Nordrhein-Westfalens.
Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde, 80
2015/01
Diplopoda—taxonomic overview
Treatise on Zoology-Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Myriapoda, Volume 2
2014/12
Wiederentdeckung des Gürtelskolopenders (Chilopoda: Scolopendra cingulata) im Neusiedlersee-Gebiet Österreichs, mit Anmerkungen zum Spinnenläufer (Chilopoda: Scutigera coleoptrata) und zum Pannonischen Laufkäfer (Coleoptera: Carabus hungaricus) aus demselben Gebiet
Koenigiana, 2, 8
2014/09
The Evolutionary History of the Rediscovered Austrian Population of the Giant Centipede Scolopendra cingulata Latreille 1829 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha)
PloS one, 9, 9
2014/09
First records of the order Siphonophorida from Madagascar and Mauritius (Diplopoda)
Revue suisse de zoologie, 3, 121
2014/09
The identity of Australia's northern-most giant pill-millipedes (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida)
Zootaxa, 4, 3861
2014/06
Integrative revision of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaeromimus from Madagascar, with the description of seven new species (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)
ZooKeys, 414
2014/04
Redescription of ‘Polyzonium’malagassum, a new synonym of Rhinotus purpureus (Pocock, 1894), with notes about the occurrence of the order Polyzoniida on Madagascar (Diplopoda)
Zootaxa, 4, 3790
2014/01
Revival of forgotten characters and modern imaging techniques help to produce a robust phylogeny of the Diplopoda (Arthropoda, Myriapoda)
Arthropod structure & development/Arthropod structure and development (Online), 1, 43
2014/01
Sternites and spiracles – The unclear homology of ventral sclerites in the basal millipede order Glomeridesmida (Myriapoda, Diplopoda)
Arthropod structure & development/Arthropod structure and development (Online), 1, 43
2012/11
The first troglobitic Glomeridesmus from Brazil, and a template for a modern taxonomic description of Glomeridesmida (Diplopoda)
Zootaxa, 1, 3550
2012/04
Nearctomeris, a new genus of Pill Millipedes from North America, with a comparison of genetic distances of American Pill Millipede Genera (Glomerida, Glomeridae)
Zootaxa, 1, 3258
2012/03
A new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 from northern Thailand, with an extensive description and molecular characters …
Zootaxa, 1, 3220
2012/00
On the identities of Cryxus Leach, 1814 and Zephronia Gray, 1832, the oldest generic names in the millipede order Sphaerotheriida (Diplopoda).
Arthropoda Selecta, 4, 21
2011/12
Mountain Refugia Play a Role in Soil Arthropod Speciation on Madagascar: A Case Study of the Endemic Giant Fire-Millipede Genus Aphistogoniulus
PloS one, 12, 6
2011/11
How to uncoil your partner—“mating songs” in giant pill-millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida)
Naturwissenschaften, 98
2011/09
Re-discovery after more than a century: a redefinition of the Malagasy endemic millipede genus Zehntnerobolus, with a description of a new species (Diplopoda, Spirobolida …
Zootaxa, 1, 3018
2011/06
Glomerin and homoglomerin from the North American pill millipede Onomeris sinuata (Loomis, 1943) (Diplopoda, Pentazonia, Glomeridae)
International Journal of Myriapodology, 4
2010/12
The origins of the giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae)
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 3, 57
2010/12
Revision of the American Pill Millipedes I: Onomeris and Trichomeris (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae)
Zootaxa, 1, 2725
2010/03
Swarming behaviour and mass occurrences in the world's largest Giant Pill-Millipede species, Zoosphaerium neptunus, on Madagascar and its implication for conservation efforts (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida).
Madagascar Conservation & Development, 2, 5
2010/01
Madagascar's living giants: discovery of five new species ofendemic giant pill-millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae: Zoosphaerium)
African Invertebrates, 1, 51
2009/12
A first phylogenetic analysis of Giant Pill‐Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida), a new model Gondwanan taxon, with special emphasis on island gigantism
Cladistics, 6, 25
2009/09
Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'fire millipedes' (Diplopoda)
ZooKeys, 19
2009/06
Revision of the endemic giant fire millipedes of Madagascar, genus Aphistogoniulus (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae)
International Journal of Myriapodology, 1, 2
2009/06
Diversity, Phylogeny and Biogeography of the millipedes from Madagascar [in German, title translated].
Koenigiana, 2, 3
2009/05
Unexplored richness: discovery of 31 new species of Giant Pill-Millipedes endemic to Madagascar, with a special emphasis on microendemism (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida)
Zootaxa, 1, 2097
2009/03
Revision of the millipede subfamily Spiromiminae, a Malagasy group with Indian connections? (Diplopoda Spirobolida Pachybolidae).
Tropical Zoology, 1, 22
2008/08
Hundert- und Tausendfüßer der Ostfriesischen Inseln (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda). Artenbestand anhand von Literaturdaten
11
2008/02
The giant pill-millipedes of Madagascar: revision of the genus Zoosphaerium (Myriapoda, Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida).
Zoosystema, 1, 30
2008/01
Pachybolini - a tribe of giant Afrotropical millipedes: arguments for monophyly and the description of a new genus from Madagascar (Diplopoda:Spirobolida:Pachybolidae)
Invertebrate Systematics, 1, 22
2007/10
Microsphaerotheriumivohibiense, a new genus and species of Giant-Pill Millipedes from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaerinae).
Journal of Afrotropical Zoology, 3
2007/08
Giant Pill-Millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida) in the Littoral Forest Fragments of Southeastern Madagascar.
11
2006/03
Giant-pill millipede diversity on Madagascar (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida)
Peckiana, 4
2005/12
New giant pill-millipede species from the littoral forest of Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zoosphaerium)
Zootaxa, 1, 1097
2005/12
The Giant Pill-Millipedes of Madagascar: Revision of the Genus Sphaeromimus, with a Review of the Morphological Terminology (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Sphaerotheriidae).
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, 29, 56