Dr. JULIAN BUENO-VILLEGAS

Here we provide a checklist of millipedes described or recorded in the literature from Venezuela. The diplopod fauna is comprised of eight orders, 18 families, 54 genera, and 157 species. The millipede orders Glomerida, Chordeumatida, Julida, Siphoniulida, and Platydesmida (known elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere) are not, as of yet, reported from the Venezuelan fauna. Two widely distributed invasive species, Asiomorpha coarctata and Oxidus gracilis, were recorded from Venezuela. All species records listed here contain comprehensive citation and synonymy lists. Numerous locality data are questionable and are discussed. For most species, the supposed deposition of the type specimens is given. However, the museum and gender information is taken mostly from the literature as the type specimen themselves were not examined. An analysis of records extracted from GBIF in 2016 and in 2018 was conducted and compared to the data captured from the published taxonomic literature. The data in this checklist are summarized online at the MilliBase website.

15 December 2019 in Revista Peruana de Biología

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Utilizando un recurso inusual

Gibrán Sánchez-Hernández

Jonatan Agustín-Sánchez

JULIAN BUENO-VILLEGAS

Benigno Gómez

Entre 2017 y 2018 se realizaron muestreos durante cuatro meses en un fragmento de bosque tropical perennifolio de un área natural protegida de Chiapas, México. Se instalaron trampas de caída ubicados a lo largo de un trayecto de aproximadamente 500 m. Las trampas fueron cebadas con individuos recién muertos de Messicobolus magnificus, un milpiés abundante en la reserva durante la temporada lluviosa. Se capturaron 108 individuos de cuatro especies de escarabajos: Canthon vazquezae (92), Deltochilum pseudoparile (13), Coprophanaeus corythus (2) y Ateuchus rodriguezi (1). Únicamente D. pseudoparile ha sido previamente recolectada con carroña de otras especies de milpiés. El uso de este tipo de recurso posiblemente sea una fuente alterna que permite reducir la competencia interespecífica por otros recursos efímeros entre los Scarabaeinae.

20 September 2021 in Zootaxa

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Redescription of Rhysodesmus dasypus (Gervais, 1847), the type species of the genus (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

Ismael Eduardo Huerta-De LA Barrera

JULIAN BUENO-VILLEGAS

Jackson Means

Fabio Germán Cupul-Magaña

As both the type of the genus and the largest known xystodesmid, Rhysodesmus dasypus (Gervais, 1847) is an important and charismatic Mexican species. Despite there are numerous taxonomic contributions, R. dasypus remains enigmatic and poorly diagnosed, necessitating the need for an updated taxonomic synthesis. Here, we present a redescription of R. dasypus based on eight specimens collected from three localities in close proximity to the suggested type locality of the species and include photographs of the diagnostic morphological characters. Additionally, we include a distribution map of previously reported localities from the literature and two new localities.

About Me

Bachelor’s degree in biology from Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa Campus, Veracruz. Ph.D. in science (systematics) from the Institute of Ecology, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz. My research area since I began working in this field has focused on phylogenetic systematics, taxonomy, diversity, and the biogeography of soil arthropods, primarily in Diplopoda and Chilopoda. Current position: full-time research professor in the academic area of biology, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Professional societies: Mexican Association of Arthropod Systematics; International Centre for Myriapodology; Willy Hennig Society (although I have not paid the membership fee for the latter in the past year). Most recent publications: Reyes-González, R., Toledo-Hernández, V. G., Flores-Palacios, A., Rös, M., Bueno-Villegas, J., & Angélica María Corona-López. 2024. Exploring the proportion of rarity in tropical insects: evaluating hypotheses and variables. Écoscience, 31(3): 1–10. DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2024.2435133. Suriel, C., Bueno-Villegas, J., Means, J. C., & Bouzan, R. S. 2024. A bibliographic review of the Chelodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) of the Antilles and Bahamas. Zootaxa, 5538(3): 247–263. 10.11646/zootaxa.5538.3.3

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