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Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844

scientific article
New species and records of ortholasmatine harvestmen from México, Honduras, and the western United States (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae, Ortholasmatinae)

scientific article
The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda

scientific article
Fossil evidence for the origin of spider spinnerets, and a proposed arachnid order

scientific article
The early development of terrestrial ecosystems

scientific article published in Nature
Fossils of large terrestrial arthropods from the Lower Devonian of Canada

scientific article published in Nature
Millipede phylogeny revisited in the light of the enigmatic order Siphoniulida

scholarly article by P. Sierwald et al published April 2003 in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
Step-wise evolution of complex chemical defenses in millipedes: a phylogenomic approach

scientific article published on 16 February 2018
A redescription of the leggiest animal, the millipede Illacme plenipes, with notes on its natural history and biogeography (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida, Siphonorhinidae).

scientific article published on 14 November 2012
The chemical defenses of a stylocellid (Arachnida, Opiliones, Stylocellidae) from Sulawesi with comparisons to other Cyphophthalmi

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Record of Palaeozoic pseudoscorpions

scientific article published in Nature
End of the 'Uniramia' taxon

scientific article published in Nature
Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA

scholarly article
Microlympiidae, a new milliped family from North America, and Microlympia echina, new genus and species (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea)

scientific article (publication date: 21 July 2003)
A Terrestrial Alicorhagiid Mite (Acari: Acariformes) from the Devonian of New York

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A new species of Illacme Cook & Loomis, 1928 from Sequoia National Park, California, with a world catalog of the Siphonorhinidae (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida)

scientific article (publication date: 20 October 2016)
Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi gen. et sp. nov. illuminates spider origins

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The chemical defense of the Texas cave harvestman Chinquipellobunus madlae: first report on the family Stygnopsidae and on a North American troglobiont harvestman (Opilones: Gonyleptoidea)

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Occurrence of the milliped Sinocallipus simplipodicus Zhang, 1993 in Laos, with reviews of the Southeast Asian and global callipodidan faunas, and remarks on the phylogenetic position of the order (Callipodida: Sinocallipodidea: Sinocallipodidae)

scientific article (publication date: 29 November 2003)
The Genus Siro Latreille, 1796 (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Sironidae), in North America with a Phylogenetic Analysis Based on Molecular Data and the Description of Four New Species

scientific article published in October 2010
Tingupa tlingitorum, n. sp., a new milliped from Haines, Alaska, USA, with notes on the generic distribution and a revised key to species (Chordeumatida: Tingupidae)

scientific article (publication date: 18 January 2007)
Microdecemplicida, a new order of minute arthropleurideans (Arthropoda: Myriapoda) from the Devonian of New York State, U.S.A

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A new millipede, Austrotyla awishoshola n. sp., (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Conotylidae) from New Mexico, USA, and the importance of cave moss gardens as refugial habitats

scientific article
Gigantocharinus szatmaryi, a New Trigonotarbid Arachnid from the Late Devonian of North America (Chelicerata, Arachnida, Trigonotarbida)

scholarly article by WILLIAM A. SHEAR published January 2000 in Journal of Paleontology
The milliped family Anthroleucosomatidae new to North America: Leschius mcallisteri, n. gen., n. sp. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Anthroleucosomatoidea)

scientific article (publication date: 16 August 2004)
DESCRIPTION OF THE FEMALE OF ACROPSOPILIO CHOMULAE (GOODNIGHT & GOODNIGHT 1948) FROM CHIAPAS, MEXICO (OPILIONES, CADDIDAE, ACROPSOPILIONINAE)

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Observations on the Predatory Behavior of the Spider Hypochilus Gertschi Hoffman (Hypochilidae)

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On the milliped family Heterochordeumatidae, with comments on the higher classification of the order Chordeumatida (Diplopoda)

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New Canadian records of Nemastoma bimaculatum (Fabricius), and a brief summary of introduced Eurasian harvestmen in North America (Arachnida, Opiliones)

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Chemical defenses in the opilionid infraorder Insidiatores: divergence in chemical defenses between Triaenonychidae and Travunioidea and within travunioid harvestmen (Opiliones) from eastern and western North America

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The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814 (Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) in North America with comments on the derivation of its binomial name

article
The Genus Troglosiro and the New Family Troglosironidae (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi)

scientific article published in 1993
The centipede family Anopsobiidae new to North America, with the description of a new genus and species and notes on the Henicopidae of North America and the Anopsobiidae of the Northern Hemisphere (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha)

scientific article
A new genus and two new species of millipedes from the Cape Range, Western Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

scholarly article
Millipedes from the Grès à Voltzia, Triassic of France, with comments on Mesozoic millipedes (Diplopoda: Helminthomorpha: Eugnatha)

scientific article published in June 2009
The first true millipede—1306 legs long

scholarly article
A new miniature species of the milliped genus Cleidogona from Costa Rica (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae), with a review of Central American Cleidogonidae

scientific article (publication date: 25 March 2013)
Glomerin and homoglomerin from the North American pill millipede Onomeris sinuata (Loomis, 1943) (Diplopoda, Pentazonia, Glomeridae)

scientific article published in 2011
The Genus Chileogovea (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Petallidae)

scientific article published in 1993
The Opilionid Genus Neogovea Hinton, with a Description of the First Troglobitic Cyphophthalmid from the Western Hemisphere (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi)

scientific article published in 1975
Martensolasma jocheni, a new genus and species of harvestman from Mexico (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae)

scientific article published on 28 September 2006
Redescription of the South African millipede Cylichnogaster lawrencei Verhoeff, 1937 and notes on the family Siphonotidae (Diplopoda, Polyzoniida)

scientific article
Australian Chordeumatidan Millipedes. III. A Review of the Millipede Family Metopidiotrichidae Attems in Australia (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida)

scientific article published in 1997
A millipede missing link: Dobrodesmidae, a remarkable new polydesmidan millipede family from Brazil with supernumerary rings (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), and the establishment of a new suborder Dobrodesmidea

scientific article (publication date: 25 October 2016)
Two new cave-dwelling harvestmen from Western Australia (Arachnida: Opiliones: Assamiidae and "Phalangodidae")

The millipede genus Metopidiothrix Attems (Diplopoda : Chordeumatida : Metopidiotrichidae)

Palaeontology: An insect to fill the gap.

scientific article published in August 2012
The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidae)

scientific article (publication date: November 2016)
A Synopsis of the Cave Millipeds of the United States, With an Illustrated Key to Genera

scholarly article by William A. Shear published 1969 in Psyche
Cave millipedes of the United States. XIII. A new, troglobiotic species of Austrotyla from Colorado (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Conotylidae)

scientific article published on December 6, 2013

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