List of works by Paul E. Marek

A Müllerian mimicry ring in Appalachian millipedes

scientific article

A general methodology for collecting and preserving xystodesmid and other large millipedes for biodiversity research

scientific article

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)

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)

A reassessment of apheloriine millipede phylogeny: additional taxa, Bayesian inference, and direct optimization (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

scientific article published on 8 October 2007

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

A revision of the Appalachian millipede genus Brachoria Chamberlin, 1939 (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae: Apheloriini)

article published in 2010

A revision of the minor species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)

scientific article

Apheloria polychroma, a new species of millipede from the Cumberland Mountains (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

scientific article

Arthropod diversity in shallow subterranean habitats of the Appalachian Mountains

scientific article published in 2024

Biodiversity hotspots: rediscovery of the world's leggiest animal

scientific article (publication date: 8 June 2006)

Bioluminescent aposematism in millipedes

scientific article

Cache Valley Virus in Aedes japonicus japonicus Mosquitoes, Appalachian Region, United States

scientific article published in March 2018

Cryptic diversity in Andrognathus corticarius Cope, 1869 and description of a new Andrognathus species from New Mexico (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae)

scholarly article

Discovery of a glowing millipede in California and the gradual evolution of bioluminescence in Diplopoda

scientific article

Diversity and function of fungi associated with the fungivorous millipede, Brachycybe lecontii

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Diversity and function of fungi associated with the fungivorous millipede, Brachycybe lecontii: Supplemental Tables 1-4

scholarly article published 9 January 2019

Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Communities of a Sky Island Mountain Range in Southeastern Arizona, USA: Obtaining a Baseline for Assessing the Effects of Climate Change

scientific article

Is geography an accurate predictor of evolutionary history in the millipede family Xystodesmidae?

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

La Crosse Virus in Aedes japonicus japonicus mosquitoes in the Appalachian Region, United States

scientific article

Multigene phylogenetics reveals temporal diversification of major African malaria vectors

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Natural history of the social millipede Brachycybe lecontii Wood, 1864

scientific article published on 03 April 2020

Phylogenetic Systematics of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae

scholarly article published in 2021

Phylogenetic systematics of the colorful, cyanide-producing millipedes of Appalachia (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini) using a total evidence Bayesian approach

scientific article

Pleistocene glacial refugia across the Appalachian Mountains and coastal plain in the millipede genus Narceus: evidence from population genetic, phylogeographic, and paleoclimatic data

scientific article

Reconsidering tympanal-acoustic interactions leads to an improved model of auditory acuity in a parasitoid fly

scientific article published on 5 April 2023

Rhinocricidae Systematics I: The taxonomic placement of the species of Zipyge Chamberlin, 1925 and Oxypygides Chamberlin, 1922 (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae: Oxypyginae)

scientific article (publication date: 15 September 2003)

Rhinocricidae Systematics II: A species catalog of the Rhinocricidae (Diplopoda: Spirobolida) with synonymies

scientific article (publication date: October 2003)

Step-wise evolution of complex chemical defenses in millipedes: a phylogenomic approach

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Structure and pigment make the eyed elater's eyespots black

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

The first true millipede—1306 legs long

scholarly article

The identity of Amplaria nazinta (Chamberlin, 1910): a century-old millipede mystery resolved (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae)

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

The milliped family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. V. Stegostriaria dulcidormus, n. gen., n. sp., Kentrostriaria ohara, n. gen., n. sp., and the convergent evolution of exaggerated metazonital crests (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

scholarly article published in 2022

The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IV. Amplaria oedipus, n. sp., with a secondary sexual modification of males unique among millipedes (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

scientific article published on 10 February 2022

The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VI. Six new genera and thirteen new species from western North America (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

scientific article published on 11 November 2022

The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VII. Petra sierwaldae, n. gen., n. sp., a minute millipede from Idaho, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae)

scientific article published on 25 November 2022

The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VIII. Three new genera and four new species of minute millipedes from Oregon and Washington, USA(Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

scientific article published on 14 April 2023

Ultraviolet-induced fluorescent imaging for millipede taxonomy

Urochordeumatidae Silvestri, 1909, a millipede family endemic to Washington State, USA (Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea)

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

A new species of Illacme from southern California (Siphonophorida, Siphonorhinidae)

scientific article published in 2023

A revision of the wilsoni species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)

scientific article published on 15 April 2022

Phylogenetic review of the millipede genus Cherokia Chamberlin, 1949 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae)

scientific article published on 20 June 2022