Curator
of Terrestrial Invertebrates
Rowland.Shelley@ncmail.net
(919) 733-7450 x756
Ph.D. (Physiology)
North Carolina State Univ., 1970
B.A. (Zoology) UNC Chapel Hill, 1964
Current research focuses on the phylogeny and distribution of Nearctic and northern Neotropical Diplopoda, generic relationships in the julidan family Parajulidae, and taxonomy and distribution of the centipede order Scolopendromorpha in the Western Hemisphere.
2006. Composition and distribution of the milliped tribe Pachydesmini west of the Mississippi River (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Western North American Naturalist. 46(1):45–54. (with C.T. McAllister)
2006. Distribution of the milliped genus Narceus Rafinesque, 1820 (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae): Occurrences in New England and west of the Mississippi River, and a summary of peripheral localities; first records from Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, and Minnesota. Western North American Naturalist, in press. (with C.T. McAllister and M.F. Medrano)
2006. Leonardesmus injucundus, n. gen., n. sp., an aromatic milliped from Washington State, USA, with a revised account of the Nearctodesmidae (Polydesmida). Zootaxa, in press. (with W. A. Shear)
2006. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on scolopendrid centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae). Zootaxa, in press. (J.G.E. Lewis, first author, also with A. Minelli)
2006. Nomenclator generum et familiarum Chilopodorum II: A list of the genus- and family-group names in the class Chilopoda from 1958 through 2005. Zootaxa, in press.
2006. The holotype of the milliped, Narceus woodruffi Causey, 1959 (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae). Entomological News, in press.
2006. Introduction of the milliped, Trigoniulus corallinus (Gervais, 1847), in Florida (Spirobolida: Trigoniulidae). Entomological News, in press. (with R.M. Carmany and J. Burgess)
2006. A chronological catalog of the New World species of Scolopendra L., 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae). Zootaxa, in press. (with A. Chagas)
2006. Discovery of the milliped, Tiganogona brownae Chamberlin (Chordeumatida: Cleidogonidae) in central Oklahoma; westernmost records for the family and genus. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences. 85:79–80. (C.T. McAllister, first author)
2005. A synopsis of the milliped genus Brachycybe Wood, 1864 (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae). Fragmenta Faunistica. 48(2):137–166. (With C.T. McAllister and T. Tanabe)
2005. Ectonocryptoidesquadrimeropus, a new centipede genus and species from Jalisco, Mexico; proposal of Ectonocryptopinae, analysis of subfamilial relationships, and a key to subfamilies and genera of the Scolopocryptopidae (Scolopendromorpha). Zootaxa. 1094:25–40. (with R. Mercurio)
2005. Discovery of the milliped, Auturus louisianus lousianus (Chamberlin, 1918) in Texas (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Euryuridae). Entomological News. 116(3):187–188. (C.T. McAllister, first author)
2005. A proposed standardised terminology for the external taxonomic characters of the Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Fragmenta Faunistica. 48(1):1–8. (J.G.E. Lewis, first author, also with G.D. Edgecombe)
2005. A new milliped of the genus Stenozonium from Washington state, USA: First record of the family from north of the Columbia River (Polyzoniida: Polyzoniidae). Zootaxa. 1017:25–32. (with W. A. Shear)
2005. Significant new distribution records for the centipede, Theatops posticus (Say), from Oklahoma, with four new records from the Ark-La-Tex. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. 84:73–74. (C.T. McAllister, first author)
2005. Introduction of the centipede Scolopendra morsitans L., 1758, into northeastern Florida, the first authentic North American record, and a review of its global occurrences (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Entomological News. 116(1):39–58, (With G.B. Edwards and A. Chagas)
2005. Distribution of the milliped Virgoiulus minutus (Brandt, 1841) (Julida: Blaniulidae). Western North American Naturalist. 65(2):258–266. (C.T. McAllister first author, also with H. Enghoff and Z.D. Ramsey)
2005. Discovery of the milliped, Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821) in Oklahoma, with a new record from Alabama and a review of its distribution (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). Western North American Naturalist. 65(1):112–117. (with C.T. McAllister and Z.D. Ramsey)
2005. Perustigmus and Perustigminae Verhoeff, 1941, invalid genus- and family-group names in the centipede family Scolopendridae (Scolopendromorpha). Entomological News. 115(3):172–173. (with A. Chagas)
2004. A contribution on the South African millipede genus, Nematozonium Verhoeff, 1939 (Siphonophorida: Siphonorhinidae). African Entomology. 12(2):217–222. (with R. L. Hoffman)
2004. Occurrences of the centipedes Scolopendrasubspinpes Leach and S. morsitans L. on Pacific islands. (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae). Entomological News. 115(2):95–100.
2004. The centipede genus Arthrhorhabdus Pocock, 1891, in the Western Hemisphere: potential occurrence of A. pygmaeus (Pocock, 1895) in Belize (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Western North American Naturalist. 64(4):532–537. (with A. Chagas)
2004. Parajulid milliped studies V. The genera Pseudojulus Bollman and Arvechambus Causey (Parajulinae: Aniulini). Insecta Mundi. 16(4):191–204.
2004. Rediscovery and redescription of the centipede, Paracryptops inexpectus Chamberlin, 1914, with an account of the genus (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae: Cryptopinae). Zootaxa. 475:1–8. (A. Chagas, first author)
2004. The milliped family Pyrgodesmidae in the continental United States, with the first record of Poratia digitata (Porat) from the Bahamas (Polydesmida). Journal of Natural History. 38(9):1159–1181.
2003. Occurrence of the milliped, Sinocallipus simplipodicus Zhang, in Laos, with a review of the southeast Asian callipodidan fauna and remarks on the phylogenetic position of the order (Callipodida: Sinocallipodidea: Sinocallipodidae). Zootaxa. 365:1–20 (W.A. Shear, first author, also with H. Heatwole)
2003. The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae). Zootaxa. 379:1–20. (A. Chagas, first author)
2003. A revised, annotated, family-level classification of the Diplopoda. Arthropoda Selecta. 11(3):187–207.
2003. A new milliped of the genus Abacion Rafinesque from Arkansas (Callipodida: Abacionidae). Zootaxa. 170:1–7. (with C.T. McAllister and J.L. Hollis)
2003. Redescription of the milliped Amphelictogon subterraneusbahamiensis Chamberlin, 1918, with an assessment of the family Chelodesmidae in the Bahamas (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea). Zootaxa. 180:1–8.
2003. A new polydesmid milliped genus and two new species from Oregon and Washington, U. S. A., with a review of Bidentogon Buckett and Gardner, 1968, and a summary of the family in western North America (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae). Zootaxa. 296:1–12.
2002. The millipeds of central Canada (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), with reviews of the Canadian fauna and global faunistic studies. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 80:1863–1875.
2002. A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Memoir of the Virginia Museum of Natural History. 5:1–108.
2002. Annotated checklist of the millipeds of California (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Western North American Naturalist Monograph. 1:90–115.
2001. Annotated checklist of the millipeds of Florida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Insecta Mundi. 14:241–251.
2001. A new family, genus, and species in the milliped order Spirobolida. Myriapodologica. 7:53–58.
2000. Nomenclator Generum et Familiarum Diplopodorum II, AList of the Genus and Family-Group Names in the Class Diplopoda from 1958 through 1999. Pensoft Press, 167 pp. (with P. Sierwald, S.B. Kiser, and S.I. Golovatch)
2000. Neotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipede, Scolopendra gigantea L. 1758, with an account of S. galapagoensis Bollman 1889 (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae). Tropical Zoology. 13:159–170. (with S.B. Kiser)
2000. Annotated checklist of the millipeds of North Carolina (Arthropoda: Diplopoda), with remarks on the genus Sigmoria Chamberlin (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 116:177–205.
Milli-PEET - Taxonomy, Systematics, Evolution of the Diplopoda.
University of Maryland Diplopoda page - part of their "Studies in Arthropod Morphology and Evolution" Web site. Under Construction.
A Synopsis of the North American Centipedes of the Order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda) - ordering information.
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