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)

• 4 taxon names authored by Paul E. Marek

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2006

• 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. 

2012

• 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. 

2016

• 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. 

2017

• 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. 

2018

• 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. 

2019

• 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. 

2021

• 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. 

2022

• 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. 

2023

• 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. 

External links

• Lab website