Paul E. Marek

Paul E. Marek, US myriapodologist

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, United States of America

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Marek, P.E. & Bond, J.E. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of the colorful, cyanide-producing millipedes of Appalachia (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae, Apheloriini) using a total evidence Bayesian approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(3): 704–729. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.043 Reference page.

Marek, P.E. & Bond, J.E. 2007. A reassessment of apheloriine millipede phylogeny: additional taxa, Bayesian inference, and direct optimization (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Zootaxa 1610: 27–39. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1610.1.2 Reference page.

Marek, P.E., Shear, W.A. & Bond, J.E. 2012. A redescription of the leggiest animal, the millipede Illacme plenipes, with notes on its natural history and biogeography (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida, Siphonorhinidae). ZooKeys 241: 77–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.241.3831 Reference page.

Marek, Tanabe & Sierwald, 2014. A species catalog of the millipede family Xystodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications 17: 1–117. PDF Reference page.

Marek, P.E., Krejca, J.K. & Shear, W.A. 2016. A new species of Illacme Cook & Loomis, 1928 from Sequoia National Park, California, with a world catalog of the Siphonorhinidae (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida). ZooKeys 626: 1–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.626.9681 Reference page.
Shear, W.A., Ferreira, R.L., Iniesta, L.F.M. & Marek, P.E. 2016. 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. Zootaxa 2016(4178): 3–371. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2016.4178.390. Reference page.

Shear, W.A., Nosler, P. & Marek, P.E. 2017. The identity of Amplaria nazinta (Chamberlin, 1910): a century-old millipede mystery resolved (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae). Zootaxa 4311(2): 233–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.4. Reference page.

Marek, P.E., Means, J.C. & Hennen, D.A. 2018. Apheloria polychroma, a new species of millipede from the Cumberland Mountains (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Zootaxa 4375(3): 409–427. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.7 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Shorter, P.L., Hennen, D.A. & Marek, P.E. 2018. Cryptic diversity in Andrognathus corticarius Cope, 1869 and description of a new Andrognathus species from New Mexico (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae). ZooKeys 786: 19–41. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.786.27631 Reference page.

Shear, W.A. & Marek, P.E. 2019. Urochordeumatidae Silvestri, 1909, a millipede family endemic to Washington State, USA (Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea). Zootaxa 4657(2): 352–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.7 Reference page.

Means, J.C., Hennen, D.A. & Marek, P.E. 2021. A revision of the minor species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae). Zookeys 1030: 1–180. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1030.62544 Reference page.
Marek, P.E., Buzatto, B.A., Shear, W.A., Means, J.C., Black, D.G., Harvey, M.S. & Rodriguez, J. 2021. The first true millipede—1306 legs long. Scientific Reports 11(1), #23126: 1–8. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02447-0 Reference page.
Shear, W.A. & Marek, P.E. 2021. Three new genera and eighteen new species of miniature polydesmid millipedes from the northwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae). Zootaxa 4975(1): 81–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.1.3 full article pdf Reference page.

Hennen, D.A., Means, J.C. & Marek, P.E. 2022. A revision of the wilsoni species group in the millipede genus Nannaria Chamberlin, 1918 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae). Zookeys 1096ː 17–118. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1096.73485 Reference page.
Vasquez-Valverde, L.F. & Marek, P.E. 2022. Phylogenetic review of the millipede genus Cherokia Chamberlin, 1949 (Polydesmida, Xystodesmidae). Zookeys 1106ː 141–163. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1106.81386 Reference page.

Marek, P.E., Hall, C.L., Lee, C., Bailey, J., Berger, M.C., Kasson, M.T. & Shear, W. 2023. A new species of Illacme from southern California (Siphonophorida, Siphonorhinidae). Zookeys 1167ː 265–291. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.102537 Reference page.
Bergh, J.C., Marek, P.E., Short, B.D., Skevington, J.H. & Thompson, F.C.† 2023. The identity of Neocnemodon calcarata (Loew) (Diptera: Syrphidae), a specialized flower fly predator of Woolly Apple Aphid. Studia dipterologica. Supplement 23: 316 pp. hdl: 10919/117415 Reference page.

Shear, W. & Marek, P.E. 2026. Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909. VI. Proposal of the new subfamily Opioninae, new species and records of the genus Opiona Chamberlin, 1951 and synonymy of Speyosia Causey, 1963 with Opiona (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidea). Zootaxa 5792(1): 35–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5792.1.2 Reference page.