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She went on to become an expert in myriapods, mites, and ticks, restoring hundreds of thousands of specimens, classifying thousands, and co-identifying 40 type specimens. She now has a mite species named for her: Pygmephorus lutterloughae.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:25 AM
amypteride.bsky.social
These split up gradually confined insects to their current definition, while for other terrestrial arthropods the concepts of myriapods & chelicerates gradually took shape.
Btw fun fact, the first mention of chelicerata in 1901 is in a book with "scolopender" in its title (because why not🤷‍♀️).

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Screenshot of the front cover of "Die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Scolopender", written in 1901 by Richard Heymons, which is the book that officialized the word "Chelicerata" The first definition of Chelicerata (in German): II. Chelicerata [Xiphosuren und Arachnoiden]. Cephalon aus Acron (Prostomium) und 7 Metamer en hervorgegangen. Extremitäten von Metamer 1 fehlen. Extremitäten von Metamer 2 zu Cheliceren umgestaltet, die Extremitäten der folgenden Metameren teils Gnathopoden teils gewöhnliche Beine.
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
amypteride.bsky.social
A thing I always found fascinating: look at the Aptera group. Acarus, Araneus, Scorpio: this is the start of classifying arachnids back in 1758, at a time when the word "arachnida" didn't exist yet. Up to 1801, Arachnids were treated as "wingless insects" alongside myriapods & crustaceans.

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djigr.bsky.social 🔬Djigr🦖- D. Dabir-Moghaddam @djigr.bsky.social · 4d
Insects as initially described by Linnaeus in 1758.
Many key species already, and some surprises (Blatta and Gryllus in Coleoptera !).
How have I lived before knowing I can consult any masterbook of the History of Science this easily thanks to scanned books by libraries around the world? 📖
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
wordbot.bsky.social
Word of the Hour: Iulus - A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round consisting of numerous smooth equal segments each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
February 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
mothicdaze.bsky.social
YOOO I LOVE THE COLORS!! He’s so damn cool you’re making me wanna design more myriapods
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
First let's see what isn't a spider, it's investigation time! Mentioning 8 legs is a good start, but it's far from enough!

#Cheliceratime
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As arthropods, spiders have segmented bodies and legs, and have an exoskeleton. But "arthropod" is a vast concept and we can disqualify many groups from the start. When asked, most people will say something about 8 legs and that spiders don't have wings, which allows us to rule out insects with their 6 legs and (for a vast majority) wings, and myriapods (millipedes and centipedes) as well with their numerous legs. People usually don't associate water with spiders and for good reasons: only for a few exceptions, this group is firmly terrestrial, so even tho they have it in their names, spider crabs aren't spiders (they're just a group of crabs), and sea spiders/pycnogonids are just distant chelicerate relatives. The slide also features illustrations of a rhinoceros beetle, a mosquito relative, a centipede, a spider crab and a pycnogonid/sea sider Usually when asked, people will say a spider is terrestrial, has 8 walking legs, if they pay attention to details they could add the main body is divided in 2 parts (the prosoma and the opisthosoma), they don't have wings, they can use silk, they have more than 2 eyes... ...but we just described the generic arachnid body plan. Even tho spiders are the absolute masters of silk usage and production among animals, they aren't the only arachnids to do so (pseudoscorpions can too in a more limited way), and 8 walking legs seems to be the primitive default condition among terrestrial chelicerates. We need to go deeper to have an answer. The slide also features illustrations of a scorpion, a tick, a mite, a ricinuleid and a solifuge (=""camel spider"") If we add that spiders have fangs (and chelicerae with only 2 segments), that they have a "wasp waist" between their prosoma and opisthosoma, that they primitively have 2 pairs of lungs to breathe... ...not there yet but we're getting warmer, we're in the pantetrapulmonates, a group containing more spider-like animals like the extinct trigonotarbids which did have fangs, or the amblypygids/"whip spiders" that have a clear defined wasp waist. Almost all modern spiders have a smooth opisthosoma without noticeable segments, but it's not the case of all spiders and it's not their primitive condition so it would be cheating. We're almost there, answers in the next 2 slides. The slide also include drawings of an amblypygid, a trigonotarbid and a uropygid
January 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Cannot believe I forgot about my single sighting of a Pauropod, in North Carolina a few years ago 🥹

Pauropods are minuscule Myriapods (eg, millipedes, centipedes, etc), silly little soil guys. This one is long, others are really short and stubby. I love them, I need more
Weird little pale grubby looking creature with 2 branches antennae and like 12 legs, roaming the Wet Wood World
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
genomebiolevol.bsky.social
Palacios, Capdevilla & Albalat identified 48 putative metallothioneins from 30 myriapod species; differences between diplopod and chilopod MTs likely reflect distinct metal uptake, retention, and excretion strategies associated with their ecology.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf248

#genome #evolution
GBE | Myriapod Metallothioneins Conserve the Ancestral Architecture of Arthropods While Displaying Lineage-Specific Adaptations in Metal Binding Metallothioneins, a heterogeneous family of cysteine-rich metal-binding proteins, have been identified and chemically characterized for the first time in myriapods, a subphylum of arthropods encompassing thousands of species with diverse lifestyles, trophic strategies, and metal metabolisms. The evolutionary history of this protein family reflects the retention of an ancestral organization of cysteine clusters alongside lineage-specific structural and functional divergences. Interpreted in an ecological context, this diversification appears linked to distinct ecophysiological adaptations throughout myriapod evolution. The figure shows a silhouette of a myriapod species–Geophilomorpha (Pocock, 1895) by Gemma Martínez-Redondo; PhyloPic (phylopic.org)– with eighteen cysteine residues of a bidomain protein coordinating six divalent metal ions.
January 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
elementalgodaj.bsky.social
Crawling In we have Panarthropoda part 3 Family Myriapoda. Aka The Millipedes and Centipedes. Strong, vicious and fast Predators with venom and Poison to boot
#SonicThehedgehog #SonicOcs #Sonic_Elements_Species_Safari #AJTheElementalgod #Panarthropoda #Myriapoda #Myriapods
Members Include: Breaker The Any-Pede, Crawler The Any-Pede, Zipper The Millipede, Zapper The Centipede. Longate The House Centipede, Turf The Soil Centipede, Duo & Tuo The Pill Millipedes
January 11, 2026 at 8:07 PM
big.g4y.dog
that's my wife don't be fucking rude
a YouTube thumbnail depicting a 3D render of Arthropleura, an ancient invertebrate that resembles modern myriapods. underneath the thumbnail is a title that reads "10 Prehistoric Invertebrates That Would Give Dinosaurs Nightmares"
January 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
tuffrings.bsky.social
The colloquial term "bugs" is broader, including myriapods (e.g. centipedes and millipedes) and chelicerates (spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, etc). And the arthropods are broader still.
January 10, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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Mapping myriapods of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: @mfnberlin.bsky.social - over 15,000 myriapod records reveal historical areas of collecting activity from Germany, the Balkans and the Alps to Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia.
See the full study here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
Mapping the collection: visualising locality data for myriapods in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Locality data for the Myriapoda (Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Pauropoda, and Symphyla) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin were mapped with the principal aim of highlighting areas of historical col...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
inaturalist.bsky.social
You can sort arthropods into four main categories: chelicerates, crustaceans, hexapods, and myriapods. (All are magnificent.)
Chelicerates identification guide with photos of spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites. Key features: 8 legs, no antennae, two body segments Crustaceans identification guide with photos of crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and isopods. Key features: two pairs of antennae, 5+ pairs of legs, often aquatic Hexapods identification guide with photos of various insects. Key features: 6 legs, three body segments, one pair of antennae, most have wings Myriapods identification guide with photos of centipedes and millipedes. Key features: many body segments, 1-2 pairs of legs per segment
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
inaturalist.bsky.social
We’re in the second-to-last week of our ID-a-thon, and we’re sorting arthropods! Here’s a quick guide to get you started: tr.ee/identifyweek4 🦀🦋🕷️
Grid of 16 diverse arthropod photos including insects, spiders, crustaceans, and myriapods with text "HELP US SORT ARTHROPODS" Infographic showing four arthropod groups with simple icons: Chelicerates (a spider icon), Crustaceans (a crab icon), Hexapods (a dragonfly icon), and Myriapods (a centipede icon) Call to action: 'Start sorting arthropods on iNaturalist: tr.ee/identifyweek4' with green millipede icon
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
elaphrornis.bsky.social
Mapping the collection: visualising locality data for myriapods in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Jason A. Dunlop & Anja Friederichs
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Mapping the collection: visualising locality data for myriapods in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Locality data for the Myriapoda (Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Pauropoda, and Symphyla) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin were mapped with the principal aim of highlighting areas of historical col...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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Dunlop JA, Friederichs A (2026) Mapping the #collection: visualising locality data for myriapods in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin @zse.pensoft.net
🔓 doi.org/10.3897/zse.... 🧪🌏 #myriapoda
Mapping the collection: visualising locality data for myriapods in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Locality data for the Myriapoda (Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Pauropoda, and Symphyla) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin were mapped with the principal aim of highlighting areas of historical col...
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January 7, 2026 at 7:21 AM
leifcollectsbugs.bsky.social
Starting 2026 off right after My Report on @torturingbugshub on Instagram with over 675k followers was finally addressed! EntoWin Wildlife Win!

#wildlife #entomology #nature #biology #science #animalwelfare #animals #bugs #insects #arthropods #arachnids #myriapods
January 7, 2026 at 12:09 AM
artmoding.bsky.social
i had to specify pancrustacea as a whole bc even if we're just talking terrestrial stuff I don't wanna exclude amphipods and isopods, sadly myriapods split off too long ago to make the cut because if I wanted to include them I'd have to include literally all animals
January 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
hirethisman.com
"Spiders aren't bugs, they're arachnids" annoys me so much because bug just means little creepy-crawly, not insect specifically. Nobody corrects you to say "Roly-polies are crustaceans" or "Centipedes are myriapods." It's anti-spider propaganda.
mdruker.app Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · Jan 6
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
ourmasteram.bsky.social
they're bugs in the sense of minibeast, but not in the scientific classification 👍

stealing wiki's line about it since it phrases it better than i was gonna.
A snippit from Wikipedia that reads: "In some varieties of English, all terrestrial arthropods (including non-insect arachnids and myriapods) also fall under the colloquial understanding of bug."
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 AM
fedi.nytpu.com
Wondering what happened in centipedes' evolutionary history (that didn't happen for centipedes or other myriapods) that made them “oops, all legs!”

Like, they have sensory appendages on their head, but they're unlike the antennae of any other arthropod (including millipedes), they're actually… […]
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January 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
mangetout.bsky.social
Millipedes are fine. Centipedes are the menacing myriapods.
December 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
bugweirdo.bsky.social
I'm back!! Probably my last fully colored big artwork of the year🍊
#bugs #myriapods #myart #art #drawing #didgitalart #artsky #art #artist
It's a drawing of many different myriapods in the most scientifically accurate way I was able to draw them. There are: chinese red head centipede, house centipede, giant millipede, symphyla, pauropoda, bristle millipede, soil centipede, pill millipede, flat-backed millipede, bumblebee millipede, feather millipede, stone centipede, spotted snake millipede. In the top right corner there's a text that reads "MYRIAPOD WORLD! (not to scale)" because all myriapods here are scaled wrong, they're all almost one size. The background is yellowish beige with stars on it
December 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
mossworm.bsky.social
there's a cool looking job opening working on soil myriapods in Germany, but they only want full PhDs. someone go get that and blow the pauropods a kiss for me
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
derekhennen.bsky.social
I was trying to find millipedes and centipedes but every time I dug into the dirt I kept excavating FROGS and TOADS. Herpetologists, come get your boy; he's busted. (I did still find myriapods tho)
Gray frog with splotches of brown on its body and yellow spots on inner thighs splayed out on top of the dirt.
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM