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ARTS: Revisionary taxonomy and systematics of the Appalachian millipede genera Apheloria and Nannaria

艺术：阿巴拉契亚千足虫属 Apheloria 和 Nannaria 的分类学和系统学修订

基本信息

批准号：
1655635
负责人：
Paul Marek
金额：
$ 38.31万
依托单位：
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-05-15 至 2022-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1655635&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
ARTS Revisionary taxonomy systematics Appalachian

项目摘要

Our basic knowledge of the animals with which we share our planet is limited, with only an estimated 12% of Earth's species currently known to scientists. Biodiversity provides us with important goods and services like water filtration, medicines, decomposition, food, and fiber. Without a basic knowledge of biodiversity through taxonomy, which is the science of naming and describing species, realizing the benefits of biodiversity to humanity is impossible. Even in the United States, many species remain undiscovered. For example, millipedes fulfill an important role as decomposers in forests by breaking down decaying organic matter and recycling its nutrients for other organisms to use. However, they are among the least known of any animal group in the U.S. This project focuses on the millipede groups Apheloria and Nannaria, which are widespread in Appalachian hardwood forests. Twenty-six species are known from the U.S., however, over 70 species of Apheloria and Nannaria await scientific naming and there is even a new species of Nannaria within the remnant forests of the D.C. metro area. This highlights the deficiencies in our understanding of millipede diversity, and this project, through the use of multiple data types, will identify new species and obtain better understanding of the diversity and evolutionary history of these groups in the Appalachian Mountains. Eastern deciduous forests are tremendous repositories of irreplaceable biodiversity, but habitat loss threatens it. Many Appalachian invertebrates, which compose the most diverse component of this fauna, are unknown to science. It is imperative to understand and describe the diversity of this ecosystem before it is lost. This research project will discover and describe millipede species diversity in the U.S. by accomplishing the following objectives: (1) overcome basic taxonomic deficiencies in U.S. millipede studies using a rapid, technology-driven, and accurate approach to taxonomic treatments of the genera Apheloria and Nannaria; (2) establish a phylogenetic systematic foundation for describing species and as an evolutionary context to investigate camouflage and color evolution in xystodesmid millipedes; and (3) foster an appreciation for organismal biology and natural history by engaging the regional public through in-person outreach programs and the global community through the internet. These thumb-sized millipedes are remaining vestiges of a natural detritivore guild that historically encompassed native earthworms throughout the eastern United States.

我们对与我们共享地球的动物的基本知识是有限的，目前科学家估计只有12%的地球物种。生物多样性为我们提供了重要的商品和服务，如水过滤，药物，分解，食物和纤维。如果不通过分类学（命名和描述物种的科学）了解生物多样性的基本知识，就不可能实现生物多样性对人类的好处。即使在美国，仍有许多物种未被发现。例如，千足虫在森林中扮演着分解者的重要角色，它分解腐烂的有机物质，并将其营养物质循环供其他生物使用。然而，它们是美国最不为人所知的动物群体之一。美国已知有26种，然而，有超过70种的水芹属和奈纳属植物还在等待科学的命名，甚至在哥伦比亚特区市区的残留森林中还有一种新的奈纳属植物。这突出了我们对千足虫多样性理解的不足，而该项目将通过使用多种数据类型来识别新物种，并更好地了解阿巴拉契亚山脉这些群体的多样性和进化历史。东部落叶林是不可替代的生物多样性的巨大宝库，但栖息地的丧失威胁着它。许多阿巴拉契亚无脊椎动物，构成了这个动物群中最多样化的组成部分，是未知的科学。在这个生态系统消失之前，必须了解和描述它的多样性。该研究项目将通过实现以下目标来发现和描述美国的千足虫物种多样性：（1）利用快速、技术驱动和准确的方法对Asymoporia和Nannaria属进行分类处理，克服美国千足虫研究中的基本分类缺陷;（2）建立描述种的系统发育学基础，并作为研究剑丝藻伪装和颜色进化的进化背景;以及（3）通过亲自参与的外展计划和通过互联网与全球社区接触，培养对生物生物学和自然历史的欣赏。这些拇指大小的千足虫是一个天然食虫动物协会的遗迹，历史上包括整个美国东部的本地蚯蚓。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（10）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Taxonomic synthesis of the eastern North American millipede genus Pseudopolydesmus (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae), utilizing high-detail ultraviolet fluorescence imaging

DOI：
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz020
发表时间：
2019-09-01
期刊：
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
影响因子：
2.8
作者：
Sierwald, Petra;Hennen, Derek A.;Marek, Paul E.
通讯作者：
Marek, Paul E.

Ultraviolet-induced fluorescent imaging for millipede taxonomy

用于千足虫分类学的紫外线诱导荧光成像

DOI：
10.3897/rio.3.e14850
发表时间：
2017
期刊：
Research Ideas and Outcomes
影响因子：
0
作者：
Marek, Paul
通讯作者：
Marek, Paul

Phylogenetic Systematics of the Millipede Family Xystodesmidae

DOI：
10.1093/isd/ixab003
发表时间：
2021-03-01
期刊：
INSECT SYSTEMATICS AND DIVERSITY
影响因子：
3.4
作者：
Means, Jackson C.;Hennen, Derek A.;Marek, Paul E.
通讯作者：
Marek, Paul E.

Natural history of the social millipede Brachycybe lecontii Wood, 1864

社会性千足虫 Brachycybe lecontii Wood 的自然历史，1864 年

DOI：
10.3897/bdj.8.e50770
发表时间：
2020
期刊：
Biodiversity Data Journal
影响因子：
1.3
作者：
Wong, Victoria;Hennen, Derek;Macias, Angie;Brewer, Michael;Kasson, Matt;Marek, Paul
通讯作者：
Marek, Paul

Apheloria polychroma, a new species of millipede from the Cumberland Mountains (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

Apheloria polychroma，来自坎伯兰山脉的千足虫新种（多足纲：Xystodesmidae）