Annual Field Meeting 2016
Annual Field Meeting and AGM
Juniper Hall Field Studies Centre, Dorking, Surrey
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The identity and origins of the British Trachysphaera lobata populations
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.
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Millipedes new to science
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.
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BMIG Bulletin Volume 27 (2014)
Editorial
Articles
- Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from the Eden Project, Cornwall, with descriptions of new and poorly known British species – Steve J.
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BMIG needs you!
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.
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BMIG Newsletter 30 (Spring 2015)
Contents: Editorial; Spring field meeting in Linlithgow; AGM proposals; Look out for ectoparasitic fungi on millipedes; Trachelipus rathkei found in Yorkshire; A call for help in resolving the phylogeny of the pill-millipedes; A fourth site for Haplopodoiulus spathifer; Social myriapod – the BMIG Facebook page; Biogeographic and taxonomic catalogue of the centipedes of France; Millipede population explosions; In the journals.
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BioBlitz in Cornwall
Anyone in the Falmouth area on 30th May (Saturday): the students of the Penryn (Tremough) University Campus are organising a Bioblitz, an outdoor family event, the 4th of its kind.
If interested contact Tony Barber. The site is one from which Haplophilus souletinus is recorded.
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Ant that preys on Bristly Millipedes!
In this week's New Scientist, an interesting interview with entomologist E.O.Wilson. The last section will be of interest to those who ever wondered what could possibly eat a polyxenid Bristly Millipede.
Read a scan of the text here.
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Centipedes, Millipedes and Woodlice of Nottinghamshire
There are three new county atlases available for centipedes, millipedes and woodlice in Nottinghamshire. They are free to download at the following links.
http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/AtlasofNottinghamshireCentipedes.pdf
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