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ANTIĆ, D. and  MAURIÈS, J.-P. (2022). Two new species of the previously monospecific genus Guipuzcosoma Vicente and Mauriès 1980 from Spain, with establishment of Guipuzcosomatidae fam. nov. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida). Zootaxa, 5093(2), 142–168. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.2.2

Davies, Garwood, McMahon, Schneider and Shillito (2021). The largest arthropod in Earth history: insights from newly
discovered Arthropleura remains (Serpukhovian Stainmore Formation, Northumberland, England).

Most myriapodologists will know of Illacme plenipes with 750 legs as being the millipede with most legs. Until now that is. Eumillipes persephone Marek 2021 (Polyzoniida, Siphonotidae, Rhinotini) with 1306 legs has just been described in the following paper:

Marek1, P.E., Buzatto, B.A., Shear, W.S., Means, J.C., Black, D.G., Harvey, M.S. and Rodriguez, J. 2021. The first true millipede—1306 legs long. Scientific Reports 11:23126:1-8.

A Soil Biology Special Interest Group is being established by the Association of Applied Biologists to promote and coordinate study and understanding of soil life and the fundamental role it plays in delivering the functions that keep us all alive. Many of BMIG's species, such as geophilid centipedes and trichoniscid woodlice are important components of the soil fauna.

All BMIG members are invited to attend the AGM to be held at 8pm on Friday 1st April 2016. The venue will be Juniper Hall Field Studies Centre, Surrey.

The present committee welcomes nominations for vacant officer roles from any BMIG member. Please contact the chairman to discuss any of these roles. Nominations can be made from the floor at the AGM.

The full notice can be downloaded here as a pdf.

An up to date review of the conservation status of centipedes, millipedes and woodlice has been published by Natural England.

A paper has been published in the Biodiversity Data Journal (doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5176) looking at the identity and origins of the British populations of the Dwarf Pill Millipede, Trachysphaera cf. lobata.

Three new genera of Craspedosomatid millipede (out of seven found) and nine new species (out of ten found) were collected during David Bilton' s and BMIG's excursions to Galicia, NW Spain, in 1993 and 2004 respectively.

The new species include Galicisoma n.g. desmondkimei n.sp.; Galicisoma n.g. biltoni n.sp. and Turdulisoma helenreadae n.sp., which are named in honour of some of those prolific BMIG members who participated.

The committee have identified the Officer roles they think necessary to the future direction of BMIG. Many of these roles do not require expertise in or indeed any knowledge of myriapod and isopod ecology and identification (although by definition members are assumed to have an interest) and many of the skills they require are not well represented amongst the current committee. Take a look at the roles below and if you think you might be interested in one of these roles please do not hesitate to put yourself forward even if someone is already filling it.