The dark side of pseudoscorpion diversity: The German Barcode of Life campaign reveals high levels of undocumented diversity in European false scorpions

C Muster, J Spelda, B Rulik, J Thormann… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
DNA barcoding is particularly useful for identification and species delimitation in taxa with
conserved morphology. Pseudoscorpions are arachnids with high prevalence of …

A hotspot of arid zone subterranean biodiversity: The Robe Valley in Western Australia

HL Clark, BA Buzatto, SA Halse - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Knowledge of subterranean fauna has mostly been derived from caves and streambeds,
which are relatively easily accessed. In contrast, subterranean fauna inhabiting regional …

[HTML][HTML] Intraspecific variation and phylogeography of the millipede model organism, the Black Pill Millipede Glomerismarginata (Villers, 1789)(Diplopoda, Glomerida …

HS Reip, T Wesener - ZooKeys, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Black Pill Millipede, Glomerismarginata, is the best studied millipede species
and a model organism for Diplopoda. Glomerismarginata is widespread, with numerous …

Local Hotspots of Endemism or Artifacts of Incorrect Taxonomy? The Status of Microendemic Pill Millipede Species of the Genus Glomeris in Northern Italy (Diplopoda …

T Wesener, C Conrad - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Local endemic species with their unique evolutionary history always stirred the interest of
scientists. One such area especially rich in endemics is northern Italy. In case of pill …

The millipede family Polyxenidae (Diplopoda, Polyxenida) in the faunas of the Crimean Peninsula and Caucasus, with notes on other European Polyxenidae

M Short, V Vahtera, T Wesener, SI Golovatch - 2020 - dro.deakin.edu.au
The Polyxenidae in the fauna of the Crimeo-Caucasian region is represented by four
species: Polyxenus lagurus (Linnaeus, 1758)(= P. lagurus caucasicus Lignau, 1924, syn …

Unusually low genetic divergence at COI barcode locus between two species of intertidal Thalassaphorura (Collembola: Onychiuridae)

X Sun, A Bedos, L Deharveng - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Species classification is challenging when taxa display limited morphological differences. In
this paper, we combined morphology and DNA barcode data to investigate the complicated …

Genetic diversity varies with species traits and latitude in predatory soil arthropods (Myriapoda: Chilopoda)

DK Bharti, PY Pawar, GD Edgecombe… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the drivers of intra‐specific genetic diversity in centipedes, a group of
ancient predatory soil arthropods. Location Asia, Australasia and Europe. Time Period …

The molecularization of centipede systematics

GD Edgecombe, G Giribet - 2019 - nhm.openrepository.com
The injection of molecular data over the past 20 years has impacted on all facets of
centipede systematics. Multi-locus and transcriptomic datasets are the source of a novel …

[HTML][HTML] The subgenus Monotarsobius in the Iberian Peninsula with a description of a new pseudo-cryptic species from Northern Spain revealed by an integrative …

K Voigtländer, E Iorio, P Decker, J Spelda - ZooKeys, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The widespread European centipede species Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch,
1862 was revised using an integrative approach incorporating sequence data and …

Increasing awareness for soil biodiversity and protection: The international touring exhibition 'The Thin Skin of the Earth'

WER Xylander, H Zumkowski-Xylander - Soil Organisms, 2018 - soil-organisms.org
The Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz developed an international touring
exhibition with the title 'The Thin Skin of the Earth–Our Soils' as the national contribution to …