Revision of the Milliped Family Eurymerodesmidae

本文将采用α -分类学描述方法对多足节肢动物进行研究。计划在佛罗里达州进行收集，以测试地理限制。预计将作为一本专著出版，同时还将出版一本鉴定手册，并研究它们的祖先-后代关系。中部大陆的多足类动物鲜为人知，但它们构成了森林凋落叶组合的重要组成部分。该项目的意义在于需要一个稳定的命名法和鉴定标准，这将为该组的其他生物学工作，特别是森林生态学和营养循环研究提供一个健全的分类基础。

The myriapod arthropods of the family Eurymerodesmidae will be studied using an alpha-taxonomic descriptive approach. Collecting is planned in Florida to test geographic limits. Publication as a single monograph is anticipated, along with an identification manual and a study of their ancestral-descendant relationships. The myriapods of the mid-continent are very poorly known, yet they constitute an important component of the forest leaf- litter assemblage. The implications of this project rest with the need for a stable nomenclature and identification criteria for the group, which will provide a sound taxonomic base for other biological work on the group, especially in forest ecology and nutrient cycling studies.