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Millipede Lab
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A central mission of our research is the exploration and description of biodiversity, especially Appalachian millipede species.
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Introducing one of the newest species of millipedes, the colorful Apheloria uwharrie, from the Uwharrie Mountains of North Carolina. More about this species and others in its genus is in our revision in Zootaxa — www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...
Four color morphs of the millipede species Apheloria uwharrie. One has three yellow spots, two have red stripes, and one has two yellow spots.
October 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Thanks to all the myriapod and velvetworm researchers for joining us on Tuesday for the Myriapod Meet Up 2025! There were 98 participants from 27 countries. It was awesome to see everyone and hear about your fascinating research! Looking forward to seeing folks in person this summer at ICM!
The logo of the 20th International Congress of Myriapodology, which will be held this summer in Serbia. The image is a logo with a stylized millipede in red (dorsally) and blue (ventrally).
March 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Myriapod Meet Up 2025 — 25 March, 8AM - 5PM (EDT). This online event will include short talks, and a chance to share and discuss research about myriapods (and other multipedes, e.g. Onychophora). Anyone may participate in this free event (no need to give a talk).
A picture of a flyer for Myriapod Meet-up 2025. There is an image of a millipede, and details about the date and time of the online meeting. The date of the meeting is on March 25, 2025 at 8:00AM - 5:00PM, New York, US (UTC -4). The Marek lab at Virginia Tech is hosting the 2025 Myriapod Meet-up. The Meet-up will be a chance to talk about Myriapoda, and catch up with colleagues. Those interested in presenting their myriapod-related studies, are invited to give a 5-minute lightning style talk (3 mins. talk + 2 mins. questions). These talks will provide a venue to share your exciting myriapod (or Onychophora) related research in a low-pressure relaxed setting. There will be open discussion sessions from 10-10:30AM, 12-12:30PM, and 3-3:30PM, to ask further questions and for general discussion. You are certainly welcome to not give a talk, and to observe and/or discuss. If you would like to participate in this Meet-up, please register at the blue link to the left. Be sure to provide your email address, so that we can send you a Zoom link for the meeting.
March 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I just so happened to get a mosquito in this wide angle macro photograph of a cherry millipede, Apheloria virginiensis corrugata (Wood, 1864).
This is a wide angle macro photograph of a black millipede with yellow stripes and red spots walking on a rock in the forest. The forest is an eastern deciduous forest and shows herbaceous plants such as a fern in the foreground of the picture. Tree trunks can be seen in the background. There is a blurry image of a mosquito flying above the millipede.
January 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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A new alkaloid chemical was recently discovered in the millipede Ischnocybe plicata Cook & Loomis, 1928. Named ischnocybine, it disorients ants and appears to bind to some neuroreceptors. Open access article by C. Menegatti and E. Mevers et al. here: doi.org/10.1021/acs....
A pink many segmented millipede on a green moss background. Image by P. Marek. Four chemical structures of ischnocybine and ischnocybinone. The image is a black and white figure from the article https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c01162
December 30, 2024 at 10:24 PM
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🎉 Happy California Millipede Season for those who celebrate it! 🌧️ As the rains come, we are starting to see fascinating millipede discoveries on @inaturalist.bsky.social, like these feather millipedes, Brachycybe producta Loomis, 1936 from Mount Tamalpais #MillipedeMonday
Many, like about 50, flat brown millipedes on a decaying log. At the bottom of the image is a pinwheel of them. A pinwheel is an unusual aggregation where all the individuals point their heads inwards towards a central hub, with their tails outward.
December 2, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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A troglomorphic millipede discovered in subterranean pitfall traps in the Appalachian Mountains. In a few months, our team will start these in California (Tulare, San Benito, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties). #MillipedeMonday #NCBIAccession PP979230
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Lateral view of a white millipede with long antennae on a black background Dorsal view of a white millipede with long antennae on a black background Second dorsal view of a white millipede with long antennae on a black background
November 25, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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For our first post here — a handsome millipede of the genus Platydesmus from Costa Rica. Its family Platydesmidae is differentiated from other families by its very widely spaced coxa. Colleagues recently described several new species of its relatives from Vietnam: t.co/ne1HhX6NOe #MillipedeMonday
A flat brown millipede walking on a green moss background. It is bumpy and has about 40 segments. The underside of the flat brown millipede showing its very widely spaced coxae; coxae are the first leg segment that attaches the leg to the body.
November 18, 2024 at 4:44 PM