BMIG Bulletin Volume 26 (2012)

Editorial

Articles

  • R. Desmond Kime – a birthday appreciation – Paul T. Harding download here
  • Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) collected from northwest Spain and northern Portugal in 2004 by the British Myriapod and Isopod Group – Steve J. Gregory, Paul Lee, Helen J. Read & Paul Richards download here
  • Centipedes from the Fylde coast (Lancashire) and adjacent areas – Anthony D. Barber & Jeremy Steeden download here
  • The altitudinal range of Polyxenus lagurus (Linné) in Britain – Keith N.A. Alexander download here
  • The occurrence of two elusive woodlice, Metatrichoniscoides leydigii (Weber, 1880) and Trichoniscoides sarsi Patience 1908, in semi-natural habitat in Kent – Steve J. Gregory download here

Field meeting reports

  • Millipedes from North Wales: a report on the BMIG 2010 field meeting – Paul Lee download here

Book reviews

  • Woodlice and Waterlice in Britain and Ireland by Steve Gregory
  • Atlas of European Millipedes (Class Diplopoda), Vol. 1 by R.D. Kime & H. Enghoff
  • Lithobies de France by Etienne Iorio
  • A review of the Irish centipedes (Chilopoda) by Martin Cawley
  • Morphological anomalies in Haplophilus subterraneus (Shaw, 1794) (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) by Małgorzata Leśniewska

Miscellanea

  • Untitled cartoon by Marianne Misioch

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 25 (2011)

Editorial

Articles

  • Notes on authorship, type material and current systematic position of the diplopod taxa described by Hilda K. Brade-Birks and S. Graham Brade-Birks – Graham S. Proudlove download here
  • Myriapodological resources in the Manchester Museum – Graham S. Proudlove and Dmitri Logunov download here
  • Armadillidium depressum Brandt, 1833 climbing trees in Dorset – Keith N.A. Alexander download here
  • The Cryptops species from a Welsh greenhouse collected by I.K. Morgan with a description of a problematic specimen of a species new to the British Isles (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) – John G.E. Lewis download here
  • The shape of the last legs of Schendyla nemorensis (C.L. Koch) (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha) – Angela M. Lidgett download here
  • An indoor record of Lithobius melanops Newport, 1845 from the Falkland Islands – A.D. Barber download here
  • Henia vesuviana (Newport) (Dignathodontidae), the latest addition to aliens at Mount Stewart, Co. Down, Ireland – Roy Anderson download here
  • Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1863), a scutigeromorph centipede from China, found in a warehouse at Swindon – A.D. Barber download here

Short Communications

  • Geophilus seurati from core samples in muddy sand from the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall – Phil Smith & A.D. Barber download here
  • Lithobius forficatus (Linn., 1758) with apparently massive scar tissue on damaged forcipules – A.D. Barber download here
  • A further greenhouse record of Lithobius lapidicola Meinert, 1872 – A.D. Barber download here

Field meeting reports

  • Swansea March 2008: Combined report – Ian Morgan download here
  • Hawarden April 2010: Centipedes, Woodlice & Waterlice – A.D. Barber & Steve Gregory download here
  • Kintyre September 2010: Centipedes – A.D. Barber download here

Obituaries

  • Casimir Albrecht Willem (Cas) Jeekel; Bhaskar EknathYadav

Book reviews

  • Centipedes; Key to the identification of British centipedes; Millipedes of Leicestershire

Miscellanea

  • Centirobot; ‘The Naturalist’

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 24 (2010)

Editorial

Articles

  • Observations of a population, including juveniles, of Geophilus carpophagus Leach, 1815, sensu stricto from Oxfordshire – Steve Gregory & Tony Barber download here
  • Centipedes and millipedes of Burgundy – R. Desmond Kime & Etienne Iorio download here
  • An interesting example of regenerated appendages in Lithobius crassipes L. Koch 1862 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) – Mike Davidson download here
  • Nanogona polydesmoides (Leach, 1815) – New for the German fauna (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Craspedosomatidae) – Peter Decker & Karsten Hannig download here
  • Northerly extensions of the known U.K. ranges of the pill-woodlice Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804) and Armadillidium pulchellum (Zencker, 1798) – Mike Davidson download here
  • The landhopper Architalitrus dorrieni (Hunt) (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) up a parkland tree in Cornwall – Keith N. A. Alexander download here
  • The puzzling occurrence of two elusive centipedes Schendyla dentata  (Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911) and Henia brevis Silvestri, 1896 in Oxfordshire – Steve Gregory download here
  • Discovery of Trachysphaera lobata (Ribaut, 1954) in Wales – John Harper download here
  • Polyxenus lagurus (Linné) in traditional orchards – Keith Alexander download here
  • New Records and Observations of Glasshouse Millipedes in Aberdeen – Mike Davidson download here
  • Armadillidium pictum Brandt, 1833, discovered in Staffordshire, and comments on its habitat associations – Keith Alexander download

Short Communications download here

  • A few myriapod records from Picardie, Northern France – Tony Barber
  • Polydesmus angustus in web of Meta menardi in the Forest of Dean – John Harper
  • Further observations of Buddelundiella cataractae in Wales – John Harper

Field meeting reports

  • Ludlow, Shropshire 2007: Millipedes – Paul Lee download here
  • Ludlow, Shropshire 2007: Woodlice – Steve Gregory download here
  • Wisley Gardens, Surrey 2008: Combined report – Helen Read, Steve Gregory & Tony Barber download here
  • Oban, Argyllshire 2007: Additional millipedes – Tony Barber
  • Ladock, Cornwall 2009: Combined report – Tony Barber, Steve Gregory & Paul Lee download here

Book Reviews

  • Mångfotingar; Verspreidingsatlas pissebedden, duizendpoten en miljoenpoten; Die Hundertfußer; Forms of becoming.

Notices of publication

  • Dopelfußer: Centipede AIDGAP Key: Centipede Synopsis: Woodlice & Waterlice in Britain & Ireland.

Errata

  • Corrected figure, Vol. 23, pg 3, fig. 1

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 23 (2008)

Editorial

Articles

  • Distribution and ecology of two enigmatic species, Trichoniscoides sarsi  Patience, 1908 and T.helveticus (Carl, 1908) (Crustacea, Isopoda) in the Netherlands – Matty P. Berg download here
  • Comparison of three often mis-identified species of pill-woodlouse Armadillidium (Isopoda: Oniscidea) – Steve Gregory & Paul Richards download here
  • Armadillidium pictum Brandt (Isopoda: Oniscidea) at Downton Gorge NNR, Herefordshire – Steve Gregory download here
  • Platyarthrus hoffmanseggii Brandt in arboreal ant nests (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Playarthridae) – Keith N.A.Alexander  download here
  • Trachelipus rathkii (Brandt 1833); an Isopod new to Wales – Greg Jones  download here
  • The succession of post-larval stadia of Lithobius variegatus Leach, 1817 in a Somerset Beech wood – John G.E.Lewis download here
  • Towards a netter knowledge of the French centipede fauna: Review – A.D.Barber  download here
  • Records of millipedes from Kew gardens and the Eden Project, including descriptions of three species – Helen J. Read download here
  • The oldest land animals: Silurian millipedes from Scotland – Paul Selden & Helen J. Read download here
  • A large neotropical millipede in European flower pots – Henrik Enghoff download here

Field Meeting Reports

  • Report on the Spring Field Meeting at Ludlow, 2007 : Chilopoda – A.D.Barber download here
  • Report on the Autumn Meeting in the Oban area, 2007: Isopoda – Glyn M. Collis download here
  • Report on the Autumn Meeting in the Oban area, 2007: Chilopoda – A.D.Barber download here
  • Report on the Autumn Meeting in the Oban area, 2007: Diplopoda – A.D.Barber & S.J.Gregory download here
  • Correction: Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group, Volume 21 (2006), page 75.  Table 1: Records of Millipedes from the 1999 BMG Field Meeting in Northumberland.

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 22 (2007)

Editorial

Obituary

Articles

  • The BMIG specimen collection – John Harper download here
  • On Cryptops doriae Pocock, from the wet tropical biome of the Eden project, Cornwall (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Cryptopidae) – J.G.E. Lewis download here
  • A comparison of the growth patterns in British and Iberian populations of Lithobius variegatus Leach (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) – J.G.E. Lewis download here
  • Charles Rawcliffe’s discovery of the alien woodlouse Styloniscus mauritiensis (Barnard 1936). – G.M. Collis & P.T. Harding download here
  • An indexed bibliography of the first published records of British and Irish millipedes (Diplopoda) – P.T. Harding download here
  • List of papers on Myriapoda published by F.A. Turk – H.J. Read download here
  • List of papers on Myriapoda published by S.W. Rolfe – H.J. Read download here
  • Street Safari: recording myriapods and isopods as part of a community project in Sheffield – Peter Clegg & Paul Richards. download here

Field meeting reports

  • Report on the 2006 BMIG meeting in Ayrshire – G.M. Collis download here

Book Review

  • Atlas of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) of Britain and Ireland by P. Lee – G.B. Corbet

Short communications

  • Cylindroiulus londinensis and C.caeruleocinctus at Westonbirt, Gloucestershire – John Harper
  • Paperback re-issue of The Biology of Centipedes by J.G.E. Lewis

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 21 (2006)

Editorial

Articles

  • Further studies on Geophilus carpophagus – M. Haswell et al. download here
  • Asellus communis in Northumberland – P.T. Harding & G. M. Collis download here
  • Habitat preferences of Polyxenus lagurus – K.N.A. Alexander download here
  • Adenomeris gibbosa -  new to the UK – J. Harper & P. Richards download here
  • Myriapoda from the Channel Islands - A.D.Barber download here

Field meeting reports

  • Report on collecting trip to Hungary - Z. Korsós et al. download here
  • Report on BMIG meeting to Cheshire – H. Read et al. download here
  • Report on BMIG meeting to Buckinghamshire – H. Read et al. download here
  • Report on the BMIG meeting in Durham – V. Standen & S. Gregory download here
  • Centipedes from the BMIG meeting in Durham - A.D.Barber download here
  • Millipedes from the BMIG meeting in Northumberland and Durham – P. Lee download here

Index to Bulletin volumes 1-20 (1972-2004) – V. Clinging download here

Miscellanea download here

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 20 (2004)

Editorial

Obituary

Articles

  • Distribution of freshwater Isopoda in Britain and Ireland - P.T. Harding download here
  • Biological data on British centipedes from J.G. Blower - J.G.E. Lewis download here
  • Myriapod papers of R.S. Bagnall - A.D. Barber & Darren Mann download here
  • Myriapods as prey of the cave spider Meta menardi - P. Smithers download here
  • Woodlice on the Scottish islands of Bute, Islay and Mull - G.M. Collis & V.D. Collis download here
  • Myriapoda from Wester Ross and Skye - A.D. Barber download here
  • Myriapods on the outer Hebrides - G.B. Corbet download here
  • Haplophthalmus montivagus extended distribution - J. Harper download here
  • On some Myriapods new to Wales - J. Harper download here

Field meeting report

  • Derbyshire and south Yorkshire (2002) - P. Richards download here

Short communications - Interesting records download here

  • Haplophthalmus danicus further north in Fife - J. Harper
  • Buddelundiella cataractae inland in Wales - J. Harper
  • Further records of Geophilus carpophagus - P.F. Whitehead
  • Some interesting pauropod records - S.P. Hopkin

Short communications: Observations download here

  • A swarm of Cylindroiulus londinensis - A. Chater
  • An assemblage of Cryptops hortensis - P.F. Whitehead

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 19 (2003)

Editorial

Articles

  • J. Gordon Blower – Anamorphoses and anagrams – W. Dohle download here
  • Ted Eason, Gordon Blower and the CIM: Some personal reminiscences – J-J Geoffroy download
  • The contribution of J. Gordon Blower to the study of life cycles of millipedes – Erwin Meyer download
  • J. Gordon Blower as inspiration for local distribution mapping of millipedes: A personal view – Paul Richards download here
  • The present knowledge on the European fauna of Lithobiomorpha – Marzio Zapparoli download
  • Edward Holt Eason: His archives and collection in the Hope Entomological Collections – Darren Mann, James Hogan & Stella Brecknell download here
  • Some unpublished records of centipedes identified by Dr E.H.Eason – R.D.Kime download here
  • Water relations, habitat and size in lithobiomorph and geophilomorph centipedes- J.G.E.Lewis download here
  • Pachymerium ferruginium (C.L.Koch, 1835) – Two distinct forms in Crete? – Sylianos Simiakis & Moysis Mylonas download here
  • A new fossil scolopendromorph centipede from the Crato formation of Brazil – Federica Menon, David Penney, Paul A. Selden & David M. Martill download here
  • Fifty years of British myriapod studies: retrospect – Tony Barber download here
  • Ödön Tömösvary (1852-1884) pioneer of Hungarian myriapodology – Z. Korsós download here
  • Julus scandinavius - a poem – J. Gordon Blower download here

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 18 (2002)

Editorial

Obituary

  • John Gordon Blower 1923-2001 - and list of publications - H. J. Read download here

Articles

  • Myriapoda (Chilopoda and Diplopoda) and Isopoda from the Isle of Mull and associated islands, Scotland - D.A. Scott-Langley download here
  • Ecological and behavioural characteristics of Geophilus easoni Arthur et al. and G. carpophagus Leach - W. Arthur, J. Johnstone & Chris Kettle download here
  • Observations on the eggs and early post embyonic stages of Strigamia maritima - J. Johnstone & W. Arthur download here
  • Cylindroiulus salicivorus Verhoeff 1908: A millipede new to Britain - H. J. Read, G. Corbet & D. Jones download here
  • On blue geophilomorph centipedes with comments on other unusual coloration - J.G.E. Lewis download here
  • Notes on Lithobius piceus L. Koch 1862 new to Wales - J. Harper download here
  • Haplophthalmus montivagus Verhoeff 1941 New to Wales - J. Harper download here
  • Haplphthalmus danicus Budde-Lund 1880 in Scotland - J. Harper download here

Field meeting reports

Miscellanea - download here

  • The Dr Edward Eason collection; Boarded by centipedes

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BMIG Bulletin Volume 17 (2001)

Editorial

Obituary

  • Marie Flasarova 1934-2000 - P.T. Harding

Articles

  • The continental distribution of British and Irish millipedes, part 2 - R.D. Kime download here
  • The Dutch millipede fauna, as compared with the British - C.A.W. Jeekel download here
  • Oxfordshire woodlice: Current status and distribution - Steve Gregory download here
  • WWW-Walking with woodlice - Ben Barker 
  • Some observations of Stenophiloscia zosterae (Verhoeff, 1928) at Colne Point NNR, North Essex -  Steve Gregory, Derek Whiteley & Imogen Wilde download here

Field meeting reports

Miscellanea download here

  • A blue example of Necrophloeophagus flavus (De Geer); Systemic reaction to a Lithobius forficatus bite; Geophilus osquidatum in Kent; Centipedes from caves; Hothouse inhabitants wanted; Myriapod Memoranda

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