The term hotspots of subterranean biodiversity has been used to define subterranean
habitats with an arbitrary cutoff of twenty or more obligate stygobitic and troglobitic species …

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 …

The external and internal anatomy of millipedes (Diplopoda) is poorly known compared to
some of the other myriapod and arthropod groups. Due to both language barriers, which …

Millipedes are well-known for their limited dispersal abilities with species restricted to
mountains, islands, and patches of forest being important models for formulating and testing …

Here we describe the new species Pseudoporatia kananciue Iniesta, Bouzan, Souza &
Brescovit, n. sp., widespread in the Amazonian ferruginous landscape of the state of Pará …

The edaphic fauna plays an important role in the organic matter dynamics of the soil.
Millipeds (Diplopoda), centipeds (Chilopoda) and isopods (Isopoda) are among the main …

The subphylum Myriapoda included four extant classes (Chilopoda, Symphyla, Diplopoda,
and Pauropoda). Due to the limitation of taxon sampling, the phylogenetic relationships …

We report the discovery of a ventral plate in the basal and little-known chilognath millipede
order Glomeridesmida. This ventral plate, interpreted here as a 'true sternite', is clearly …

Chelodesmidae is one of the most species rich families within the Myriapoda. However, little
is known regarding their association with caves. We provide a list of all Chelodesmidae taxa …