Millipedes are some of the earliest examples of terrestrial animals, and fossils from the early
Carboniferous Period indicate they were also some of the earliest prey. These fossils record …

Animal life in caves has fascinated researchers and the public alike because of the unusual
and sometimes bizarre morphological adaptations observed in numerous troglobitic …

The body of millipedes consists of a head and a largely homonomous trunk composed of
units generally called diplosegments or rings. Most trunk rings are typically equipped with …

Millipedes of the family Siphonorhinidae Cook, 1895, famous for including the leggiest
animal on this planet until recently, with up to 750 legs, show a disjunct distribution in …

To elucidate the speciation mechanisms prevalent within hotspots of biodiversity, and the
evolutionary processes behind the rise of their species-rich and endemic biota, we …

Species-level taxonomy and phylogeny of two genera of South-East (SE) Asian pachybolid
millipedes are analysed with a combination of morphological characters and DNA …

Hitherto, the millipede genus Apeuthes (family Pachybolidae, subfamily Trigoniulinae) was
only known from three species described in Vietnam based on morphological characters …

The species-rich giant pill-millipedes (Sphaerotheriida) often represent a microendemic
component of Madagascar's mega-invertebrate fauna. Of the chirping genus Sphaeromimus …

As a matter of fact, this statement still holds true, as only very few works on either fields of
sensory morphology, physiology, or behavior of diplopods have been published since then …

faunal inventory of the Parc National de Marojejy: Altitudinal gradient and temporal variation,
eds. SM Goodman & MJ Raherilalao. Malagasy Nature, 17: 41-72. continued biological …