Millipede Systematics in the New Millennium
On-line
Publication 2001, Version 1.0
Editor:
Petra Sierwald, The Field Museum
Title: Nomenclator Generum Diplopodorum.
A
complete genus listing of all genus-group names in the class Diplopoda from
1758 through 1999.
Authors:
Jeekel, C. A.W., R. L. Hoffman, R. M. Shelley, P. Sierwald, S. B. Kiser &
S. I. Golovatch.
Citation
of this publication:
Sierwald, Petra (ed.). 2001. Nomenclator Generum Diplopodorum. A complete listing of all genus-group names in the class Diplopoda from 1758 through 1999. Authors: Jeekel, C. A.W., R. L. Hoffman, R. M. Shelley, P. Sierwald, S. B. Kiser & S. I. Golovatch. On-line publication:
This
material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science
Foundation under Grant No. 97-12438. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or
recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy, a
program of the National Science Foundation, USA.
Introduction
Our
planet sustains a magnificent diversity of life forms. Despite over two
centuries of biological research, humans are far from even listing all the
species living on Earth, much less comprehending integrative topics like their
ecological interactions. At the same time, not only are many species in danger
of extinction, human expertise is at the brink of extinction, a case in point
being the arthropod class Diplopoda. Efficient management and ease of retrieval
of existing data will greatly enhance the speed with which we will be able to
complete a global inventory of the Earth’s biodiversity.
Essential
management tools for the discovery and analysis of biodiversity are
comprehensive taxonomic catalogues of organisms. The Nomenclator Generum Diplopodorum is a complete listing of all genus
group names in the Diplopoda, described between 1758 and 1999, with full
bibliographic data.
The
printed catalogues which form the basis of this spread sheet are available for
purchase.
Hoffman,
R. L. 1980. Classification of the Diplopoda. Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Genève,
237pp.
see http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/index.htm
Jeekel,
C. A. W. 1971. Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the
genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th
edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieën van de Nederlandse
Entomologische Vereniging, No 5, 412pp
See http://www.xs4all.nl/~nev/
Shelley,
R. M., P. Sierwald, S. B. Kiser & S. I. Golovatch. 2000. Nomenclator generum et familiarum
Diplopodorum II.. A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda
from 1958-1999. Pensoft Publishers, 167pp. Pensoft Series Faunistica No 20.
ISBN 954-642-107-3, see http://www.pensoft.net
Organization of the file: MILLGEN1.xls
The
Excel spreadsheet contains all millipede genus-group names, with the
type-species name and complete bibliographic reference. In addition, an
estimate of the number of nominal species in each genus are given. For each
genus, its family, subordinal and ordinal placement are given. All journal names are fully spelled out.
Some journals have changed names over time; the journal name given here is the
one that was used at the time when a particular taxon was described. Genus
names printed in bold are available names. Genus names with parentheses in the
preceding field are currently considered subgenera. The subgenus status is noted
only for genera described after 1958. Future updates will reflect the subgenus
for all nominal genera, if applicable. The systematic placement of genera is
taken from Hoffman, 1980, unless newer literature was available and incorporated.
The family placement of julid genera follows Enghoff, 1991 (Zeitschrift für
Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 29: 241-263). The number of
species given for each genus are primarily based on Hoffman, 1980. Hoffman did
not give number of included species for genera he considered or cited as junior
synonyms. Thus, an estimate of number of included species is not given for each
and every genus name.
Explanations of fields, Version 1.0; 2001
Asterisk: indicates that a
family-group name is based on the genus
Subgenus: the genus name is
currently considered a subgenus
Genus: Genus Name
GenusAuthor: Author of the genus
GenusYear: Year of first description of the genus
GenusJournal: Journal name
in which the genus was described
GenusPage: page number, where the first description of the genus
appears
G: Grammatical gender of the genus name: M = masculine,
F = feminine, N = neuter
TypeSpecies: Name of the type species. If
the genus name is abbreviated with only one letter in this field, the type
species was described in the genus it is still placed in.
TspAuthor: Author of the type-species
TspYear: Year of the first description of the type-species
TspJournal: Journal name in which the type species was described
TspVol: Volume number of journal
TspPage: page number, where the first description of the type
species appears
Country: Country from which the type species was
described
designation: mode of typification of the genus,
e.g., by original designation, monotypy or subsequent designation.
#Species: estimated number of species presently included
in the genus
Family: family placement of the genus
Suborder: subordinal placement
Order: ordinal placement
Update
History
Future
updates are planned and they will include subfamilial and tribal placement of
genera, senior and junior subjective and objective synonyms, and all
family-group names.
Version
1.0, released 1 September 2001
I
wish to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Jeekel for his permission to capture
the genus names listed in his 1971 catalogue electronically in order to make
them available on the Internet. The Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging also
graciously gave its permission. Special thanks are also due to Dr. Hoffman, who
gave permission to incorporate major components of his monumental work, Classification of the Diplopoda, into
the on-line spread sheet. The Museum d’Histoire Naturelle in Geneva supported
this effort and had no objections to the transfer of the data into electronic
form.
Whereas the Nomenclator II (Shelley et al, 2000) was generated as an electronic file, Jeekel’s nomenclator was painstakingly typed in by several of my volunteers and proofread by summer intern Anton Antov. Julie Coan, Veronica Felix and Anton Antov accomplished most of the data-entry task. Volunteer Meyer Cornis assisted me enduringly in Field Museum’s splendid library by locating the required volumes. Field Museum’s library staff helped cheerfully and patiently. Volunteer Victor Zubb did an outstanding job expanding many of the originally abbreviated journal names. M. Mauriès and Dr. Enghoff helped us tremendously through their reviews. As always, Dr. H. D. Cameron (University of Michigan), gave us much appreciated advice in linguistic matters. This effort was funded in full by a PEET grant from the National Science Foundation (DEB 97-12438) to Petra Sierwald (Field Museum) and William A. Shear, (Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia).
Your input is
required.
We
make these data available free of charge to any user. In return, I request that
omissions and mistakes, if found by the user, are brought to my attention.
Please, please send your corrections and questions to psierwald@fieldmuseum.org, displaying the word: ‘Nomenclator’ in the
subject line. In the hopes that millipede research will blossom I also ask you to
e-mail me your newly described genus and family-group names, as they will be
included in revised and updated files. Together, we can make the millipedes an
impressive presence on the Internet.