http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/default.asp?action=show_pubs&id=insecta_new
Paper dated April 18, 2014
Paper dated April 18, 2014
First new giant milliped discovered in USA since 1957
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I had to scroll down the link some to find that Floridobolus orini. Congrats Orin! You earned it!
In the case of specific milliped research, more than two decades went into the millipeds in captivity text (not including any extra years of basic milliped husbandry nor Hoffman's more than half a century of course). The species itself (the main topic) was first seen by human eyes in 2012. This was not the case of a new species recognized in old collections (as so many discoveries these days) but rather something that never entered museum holdings prior. Such a large terrestrial invertebrate never collected before in such a well surveyed area is almost unbelievable except that even now it is nearly impossible to find.
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