Myriapodology

Myriapodology is the scientific study of myriapods which includes centipedes and millipedes. The field of myriapodology can also cover other myriapods such as pauropods and symphylans. Those who study myriapods are myriapodologists.^[1]

Societies

International Society of Myriapodology

Journals

International Journal of Myriapodology
Myriapodologica
Myriapod Memoranda

Notable myriapodologists

Carl Attems (1868-1952), Australian zoologist, described over 1,000 species
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 (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
Robert Latzel (1845-1919), Austrian myriapodologist, pioneered use of gonopods in taxonomy
Harold F. Loomis (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 (1873-1949), Italian entomologist, described over 600 species
Ödön Tömösváry (1852-1884), Hungarian naturalist, namesake of organ of Tömösváry
Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff (1867–1944), German entomologist, described over 1,000 myriapod species

References

^ Sue Hubbell (2000). Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys Into the Time Before Bones. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-618-05684-2.

External links

[1] Sue Hubbell (2000). Waiting for Aphrodite: Journeys Into the Time Before Bones. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-618-05684-2.

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