Myriapodology is the scientific study of

myriapod Myriapods () are the members of subphylum Myriapoda, containing arthropods such as millipedes and centipedes. The group contains about 13,000 species, all of them terrestrial. The fossil record of myriapods reaches back into the late Silurian, a ...

s which includes

centipede Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an ...

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millipede Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a re ...

s. The field of myriapodology can also cover other myriapods such as

pauropod Pauropods are small, pale, millipede-like arthropods. Around 830 species in twelve families are found worldwide, living in soil and leaf mold. They look rather like centipedes, or millipedes, and may be a sister group of the latter. However, this ...

s and symphylans. Those who study myriapods are myriapodologists.

Societies

* International Society of Myriapodology

Journals

* ''International Journal of Myriapodology'' * ''Myriapodologica'' * ''Myriapod Memoranda''

Notable myriapodologists

* Carl Attems (1868–1952), Austrian zoologist, described over 1,000 species * Stanley Graham Brade-Birks (1887-1982), English myriapodologist who with Hilda K Brade-Birks authored ''Notes on Myriapoda'': 23 papers jointly from 1916 to the 1920s; then twelve more solo until 1939Stanley Graham Brade-Birks (1887-1982
/ref> * Henry W. Brolemann (1860–1933), French myriapodologist, described around 500 species *

Ralph Vary Chamberlin Ralph Vary Chamberlin (January 3, 1879October 31, 1967) was an American biologist, ethnographer, and historian from Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a faculty member of the University of Utah for over 25 years, where he helped establish the Schoo ...

(1879–1967), American arachnologist and myriapodologist, described over 1,000 species * Orator F. Cook (1867–1949), American botanist and myriapodologist, co-described world's leggiest species, '' Illacme plenipes'' * Richard L. Hoffman (1927–2012), American entomologist, described over 600 myriapod taxa * C. A. W. Jeekel (1922–2010), Dutch entomologist, produced the ''Nomenclator Generum et Familiarum Diplopodorum'' which pioneered modern millipede taxonomy * Otto Kraus (1930–2017), German myriapodologist and arachnologist, described nearly 500 species * Robert Latzel (1845–1919), Austrian myriapodologist, pioneered use of

gonopod Gonopods are specialized appendages of various arthropods used in reproduction or egg-laying. In males, they facilitate the transfer of sperm from male to female during mating, and thus are a type of intromittent organ. In crustaceans and millipe ...

s in taxonomy *

Harold F. Loomis Harold Frederick Loomis (December 23, 1896 – July 5, 1976) was an American botanist and myriapodologist known for his contributions to agronomy, plant pathology, and millipede taxonomy. He worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for o ...

(1896–1976) American botanist and myriapodologist, described over 300 species * Paola Manfredi (1889–1989) Italian myriapodologist * Yu-Hsi Wang Moltze (1910–1968), Chinese myriapodologist *

Filippo Silvestri Filippo Silvestri (22 June 1873 – 10 June 1949) was an Italian entomologist. He specialised in world Protura, Thysanura, Diplura and Isoptera, but also worked on Hymenoptera, Myriapoda and Italian Diptera. He is also noted for describing an ...

(1873–1949), Italian entomologist, described over 600 species * Ödön Tömösváry (1852–1884), Hungarian naturalist, namesake of organ of Tömösváry *

Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff Karl (or Carl) Wilhelm Verhoeff (25 November 1867 – 6 December 1944) was a German myriapodologist and entomologist, specialising in myriapods ( millipedes, centipedes, and related species) as well as woodlice and to a lesser extent insects. Bio ...

(1867–1944), German entomologist, described over 1,000 myriapod species

References

External links

International Society of Myriapodology Official site

International Journal of Myriapodology

International Society of Myriapodology and Onychophorology

British Myriapod & Isopod Group
{{zoology, Tachypodoiulus_niger_1.jpg, expanded=Branches Subfields of arthropodology