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Class Diplopoda - Millipedes

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Annotated checklist of the millipeds of Florida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)
By Rowland M. Shelley
Insecta Mundi, 14(4), 241–251., 2000
Shelley, R. (2000). Annotated checklist of the millipeds of Florida (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Insecta Mundi, 14(4), 241–251.

Millipedes: Keys and notes for the identification of the species
By J. Gordon Blower
E.J. Brill/Dr. W. Backhuys, 1985
A detailed key to the millipedes of the British Isles (52 species as of 1985), with an introductory section on basic biology of millipedes. Useful to students from North America and other areas due to widely introduced British species such as Blaniulus guttulatus.

Annotated Checklist of the Millipeds of California (Arthropoda: Diplopoda)
By Rowland M. Shelley
Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, 1: 90–115, 2002
Shelley, R. M. (2002). Annotated Checklist of the Millipeds of California (Arthropoda: Diplopoda). Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, 1: 90–115

Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America
By Richard L. Hoffman
Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications, 1999
Hoffman, R. (1999). Checklist of the millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications 8, 1–553.

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A modern annotated checklist of millipede species known from North and Central America, including United States, Canada, Mexico,
Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and the West Indies.

Checklist of the millipeds of North America
By Ralph V. Chamberlin and Richard L. Hoffman
United States National Museum Bulletin, 212, 1–236., 1958
Chamberlin, R., & Hoffman, R. (1958). Checklist of the millipeds of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin, 212, 1–236.

An outdated yet thorough, annotated checklist with taxonomic history, range information, and commentary. Largely superseded by Hoffman, 1999

Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification.
By William Shear
Zootaxa, 3148, 159–164., 2011
Shear, W. (2011). Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148, 159–164.

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Shear recognizes approximately 147 families, 1,868 genera and 7,753 species.

Distribution of the American milliped genus Boraria Chamberlin, 1943: Introductions of B. stricta (Brölemann, 1896) in New York
By Shelley, Rowland M.; McAllister, Chris T.; Nagy, Christopher M.; Weckel, Mark E.; Christie, Roderick G.; Wilson, P; &Wilson, A
Insecta Mundi, 2011
Full citation:
Shelley, Rowland M.; McAllister, Chris T.; Nagy, Christopher M.; Weckel, Mark E.; Christie, Roderick G.; Wilson, Paul; and Wilson,
Allan, "Distribution of the American milliped genus Boraria Chamberlin, 1943: Introductions of B. stricta (Brölemann, 1896) in New
York and B. infesta (Chamberlin, 1918) in Connecticut; indigenous occurrence of B. profuga (Causey, 1955) in Louisiana (Diplopoda
Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)." (2011). Insecta Mundi. Paper 708.

Full paper available online from Insecta Mundi here.

The Chonaphini, a biogeographically significant milliped tribe in eastern and western North America (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)
By Shelley, Rowland M.
Brimleyana, 1994
Full citation: Shelley, R. M. 1994. The Chonaphini, a biogeographically significant milliped tribe in eastern and western North America (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Brimleyana 20: 111-200.

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