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, ...

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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, ...

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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 resu ...

s. The field of myriapodology can also cover other myriapods such as pauropods 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 Carl August Graf Attems-Petzenstein (13 October 1868 in Graz, Austria – 19 April 1952 in Vienna) was an Austrian myriapodologist and invertebrate zoologist. He published 138 scientific papers, most of them dealing with his specialist fiel ...

(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 (1879–1967), American arachnologist and myriapodologist, described over 1,000 species *

Orator F. Cook Orator Fuller Cook Jr. (May 28, 1867 – April 23, 1949) was an American botanist, entomologist, and agronomist, known for his work on cotton and rubber cultivation and for coining the term "speciation" to describe the process by which new species ...

(1867–1949), American botanist and myriapodologist, co-described world's leggiest species, ''

Illacme plenipes ''Illacme plenipes'' is a siphonorhinid millipede found in the central region of the U.S. state of California. It has up to 750 legs. One of two known species in the genus ''Illacme'', it was first seen in 1926, but was not rediscovered until ...

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Richard L. Hoffman Richard Lawrence Hoffman (September 25, 1927 – June 10, 2012) was an American zoologist known as an international expert on millipedes, and a leading authority on the natural history of Virginia and the Appalachian Mountains. He was a biology ...

(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 Otto Kraus (17 May 1930 – 24 October 2017) was a German arachnologist and myriapodologist. He was director of the Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum at the University of Hamburg from 1969 to 1995, where he also served as professor. He w ...

(1930–2017), German myriapodologist and arachnologist, described nearly 500 species *

Robert Latzel Robert Latzel (28 October 1845 – 15 December 1919) was an Austrian myriapodologist and entomologist who published a series of pioneering works on millipedes, centipedes, and allies. His collection of myriapod specimens, today housed in the Nat ...

(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 (1896–1976) American botanist and myriapodologist, described over 300 species *

Paola Manfredi Paola is a female given name, the Italian form of the name Paula. Notable people with the name include: People In arts and entertainment *Paola Del Medico (born 1950), Swiss singer * Paola e Chiara, pop music duo consisting of two sisters born ...

(1889–1989) Italian myriapodologist * Yu-Hsi Wang Moltze (1910–1968), Chinese myriapodologist * Filippo Silvestri (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. Bi ...

(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
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