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According to Wikipedia, William Albert Shear is Trinkle Professor Emeritus at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia. He is a spider and myriapod expert who has published more than 200 scientific articles primarily on harvestman and millipede taxonomy.

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The ecology of Paleozoic terrestrial arthropods: the fossil evidence (1990) (218)
Classification of the Diplopoda. (1981) (201)
Spiders : webs, behavior, and evolution (1986) (159)
Early Land Animals in North America: Evidence from Devonian Age Arthropods from Gilboa, New York (1984) (157)
Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy (2007) (154)
Oribatid mite fossils from a terrestrial Devonian deposit near Gilboa, New York (1988) (142)
Molecular evidence for the gnathobasic derivation of arthropod mandibles and for the appendicular origin of the labrum and other structures (1998) (139)
A spider and other arachnids from the Devonian of New York, and reinterpretations of Devonian Araneae (1991) (132)
The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda. (2010) (119)
The early development of terrestrial ecosystems (1991) (115)
A Devonian Spinneret: Early Evidence of Spiders and Silk Use (1989) (109)
Fossil evidence for the origin of spider spinnerets, and a proposed arachnid order (2008) (89)
New terrestrial arachnids from the Devonian of Gilboa, New York (Arachnida, Trigonotarbida). American Museum novitates ; no. 2901 (1987) (87)
Devonobiomorpha, a new order of centipeds (Chilopoda) from the Middle Devonian of Gilboa, New York State, USA, and the phylogeny of centiped orders. American Museum novitates ; no. 2927 (1988) (78)
The chemical defenses of millipedes (diplopoda): Biochemistry, physiology and ecology (2015) (77)
Fossils of large terrestrial arthropods from the Lower Devonian of Canada (1996) (73)
A review of the Cyphophthalmi of the United States and Mexico, with a proposed reclassification of the suborder (Arachnida, Opiliones). (1980) (73)
3 Rustling in the Undergrowth: Animals in Early Terrestrial Ecosystems (2001) (68)
Centiped legs (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha) from the Silurian and Devonian of Britain and the Devonian of North America. American Museum novitates ; no. 3231 (1998) (55)
Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (2011) (52)
THE OPILIONID FAMILY CADDIDAE IN NORTH AMERICA , WITH NOTES ON SPECIES FROM OTHER REGION S (OPILIONES, PALPATORES, CADDOIDEA ) (1975) (46)
Record of Palaeozoic pseudoscorpions (1989) (43)
The fossil record and evolution of the Myriapoda (1998) (41)
A terrestrial alicorhagiid mite (Acari: Acariformes) from the Devonian of New York (1989) (41)
A cladistic analysis of the opilionid superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea, with descriptions of the new family Ceratolasmatidae, the new genus Acuclavella, and four new species (1986) (40)
Alkylphenols in the defensive secretion of the nearctic opilionid,Stygnomma spinifera (Arachnida: Opiliones) (1981) (38)
The first paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida) (1991) (37)
Early Life on Land (1992) (37)
Millipede phylogeny revisited in the light of the enigmatic order Siphoniulida (2003) (37)
The opilionid subfamily Ortholasmatinae (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Nemastomatidae) (1983) (36)
Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi gen. et sp. nov. illuminates spider origins (2018) (33)
Observations on the Natural History of Sphodros abboti and Sphodros rufipes (Araneae, Atypidae), with Evidence for a Contact Sex Pheromone (1981) (31)
End of the 'Uniramia' taxon (1992) (30)
The first Mesozoic Solifugae (Arachnida), from the Cretaceous of Brazil, and a redescription of the Palaeozoic solifuge (1996) (30)
A redescription of the leggiest animal, the millipede Illacme plenipes, with notes on its natural history and biogeography (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida, Siphonorhinidae) (2012) (29)
Taxonomic notes on the armored spiders of the families Tetrablemmidae and Pacullidae. American Museum novitates ; no. 2650 (1978) (28)
Step-wise evolution of complex chemical defenses in millipedes: a phylogenomic approach (2018) (28)
GIGANTOCHARINUS SZATMARYI, A NEW TRIGONOTARBID ARACHNID FROM THE LATE DEVONIAN OF NORTH AMERICA (CHELICERATA, ARACHNIDA, TRIGONOTARBIDA) (2000) (27)
Clues to the death of an Olympic champion (1996) (27)
The Genus Siro Latreille, 1796 (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Sironidae), in North America with a Phylogenetic Analysis Based on Molecular Data and the Description of Four New Species (2010) (27)
Spinnerets in the milliped order Polydesmida, and the phylogenetic significance of spinnerets in millipeds (Diplopoda) (2008) (26)
The Genus Troglosiro and the New Family Troglosironidae (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) (1993) (26)
The Evolutionary Truth About Living Fossils (2014) (24)
Cave millipeds of the United States. VIII. New genera and species of polydesmidan millipeds from caves in the southwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae) (2009) (24)
Microdecemplicida, a new order of minute arthropleurideans (Arthropoda: Myriapoda) from the Devonian of New York State, U.S.A. (1999) (23)
New species and records of ortholasmatine harvestmen from México, Honduras, and the western United States (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae, Ortholasmatinae) (2010) (23)
A possible phylogenetic signal in milliped chemical defenses: The polydesmidan milliped Leonardesmus injucundus Shelley & Shear secretes p-cresol and lacks a cyanogenic defense (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Nearctodesmidae) (2007) (22)
Hesperopilio mainae, a new genus and species of harvestman from Western Australia (Opiliones: Caddidae: Acropsopilioninae) (1996) (22)
Expanding the palpi of male spiders (1967) (21)
On the milliped family Heterochordeumatidae, with comments on the higher classification of the order Chordeumatida (Diplopoda) (2000) (21)
Centipeds (Chilopoda) and Symphyla of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (1992) (19)
The Opilionid Genus Neogovea Hintonc with a Description of the First Troglobitic Cyphophthalmid from the Western Hemisphere lOpilionesc Cyphophthalmir (1977) (19)
Observations on the Predatory Behavior of the Spider Hypochilus Gertschi Hoffman (Hypochilidae) (1969) (19)
A Synopsis of the Cave Millipeds of the United States, With an Illustrated Key to Genera (1969) (17)
New species in the opilionid genus Stylocellus from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Stylocellidae) (2008) (17)
Fumontana deprehendor, n. gen., n. sp., the First Triaenonychid Opilionid from Eastern North America (Opiliones: Laniatores: Triaenonychidae) (1975) (16)
Myriapodous arthropods from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland (1993) (16)
Occurrence of the milliped Sinocallipus simplipodicus Zhang, 1993 in Laos, with reviews of the Southeast Asian and global callipodidan faunas, and remarks on the phylogenetic position of the order (Callipodida: Sinocallipodidea: Sinocallipodidae) (2003) (16)
The chemical defenses of a stylocellid (Arachnida, Opiliones, Stylocellidae) from Sulawesi with comparisons to other Cyphophthalmi (2009) (16)
The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 2: The genera Trichopetalum, Zygonopus and Scoterpes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea) (2010) (15)
The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 1: Introduction and Genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea) (2003) (15)
On the Central and East Asian milliped family Diplomaragnidae (Diplopoda, Choredeumatida, Diplomaragnoidea). American Museum novitates ; ; no. 2977. (1990) (14)
Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and taxonomic richness (2011) (14)
A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome (2021) (14)
Microlympiidae, a new milliped family from North America, and Microlympia echina, new genus and species (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea) (2003) (13)
Marwe coarctata : a remarkable new cyphophthalmid from a limestone cave in Kenya (Arachnida, Opiliones). American Museum novitates ; no. 2830 (1985) (13)
A new genus and two new species of millipedes from the Cape Range, Western Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) (1992) (13)
Millipedes from the Grès à Voltzia, Triassic of France, with comments on Mesozoic millipedes (Diplopoda: Helminthomorpha: Eugnatha) (2009) (13)
Millipeds (Diplopoda) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (1987) (12)
Huitaca ventralis, n. gen., n. sp., with a Description of a Gland Complex New to Cyphophthamlmids (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) (1979) (12)
Chemical defense of a troglobiont millipede, Tetracion jonesi Hoffman (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Abacionidae) (2010) (11)
The milliped family Anthroleucosomatidae new to North America: Leschius mcallisteri, n. gen., n. sp. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Anthroleucosomatoidea) (2004) (11)
Chemical Defence of Phalangodid Harvestmen: Bishopella laciniosa (Crosby & Bishop) and Texella bifurcata (Briggs) Produce 2-Methyl-5-Ethylphenol (Opiliones: Grassatores: Phalangodidae) (2010) (11)
Revalidation of the milliped genus Amplaria Chamberlin 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae), and description of two new species from caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California (2007) (11)
Cave millipeds of the United States. V. The genus Idagona Buckett & Gardner (Chordeumatida, Conotylidae, Idagoninae) (2007) (11)
The milliped family Conotylidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumida) : revision of the genus Taiyutyla, with notes on recently proposed taxa. American Museum novitates ; no. 2600 (1976) (11)
The milliped genus Tidesmus Chamberlin, 1943 (Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae) (2007) (11)
Brazilian cave heritage under siege. (2022) (10)
The genus Chileogovea (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Petallidae) (1993) (10)
DESCRIPTION OF THE FEMALE OF ACROPSOPILIO CHOMULAE (GOODNIGHT & GOODNIGHT 1948) FROM CHIAPAS, MEXICO (OPILIONES, CADDIDAE, ACROPSOPILIONINAE) (2004) (10)
The first true millipede—1306 legs long (2021) (10)
Cyphophthalmid opilionids new to Madagascar: two new genera (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, ?Pettalidae) (2008) (9)
Martensolasma jocheni, a new genus and species of harvestman from Mexico (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae) (2006) (9)
The chemical defense of the Texas cave harvestman Chinquipellobunus madlae: first report on the family Stygnopsidae and on a North American troglobiont harvestman (Opilones: Gonyleptoidea) (2010) (9)
Glomerin and homoglomerin from the North American pill millipede Onomeris sinuata (Loomis, 1943) (Diplopoda, Pentazonia, Glomeridae) (2011) (9)
A new species of Illacme Cook & Loomis, 1928 from Sequoia National Park, California, with a world catalog of the Siphonorhinidae (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida) (2016) (9)
A NEW BLIND CAVERNICOLOUS LYGROMMA (ARANEAE, GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS (1987) (9)
Nomenclatorial changes in Triaenonychidae: Sclerobunus parvus Roewer is a junior synonym of Paranonychus brunneus (Banks), Mutusnonychus Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychus Briggs, and Kaolinonychinae Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychinae Briggs (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae) (2008) (8)
Leonardesmus injucundus , n. gen., n. sp., an aromatic, small-bodied milliped from Washington State, U. S. A., and a revised account of the family Nearctodesmidae (Polydesmida) (2006) (8)
Myriapods (2022) (8)
Fossil evidence for the origin of spider spinnerets (2008) (8)
HESPERONEMASTOMA SMILAX, N. SP., A REMARKABLE NEW HARVESTMAN FROM A CAVE IN WEST VIRGINIA, WITH COMMENTS ON OTHER REPORTED CAVE-DWELLING HESPERONEMASTOMA SPECIES (OPILIONES, ISCHYROPSALIDOIDEA, SABACONIDAE) (2010) (7)
The millipede genus Metopidiothrix Attems (Diplopoda : Chordeumatida : Metopidiotrichidae) (2002) (7)
A millipede missing link: Dobrodesmidae, a remarkable new polydesmidan millipede family from Brazil with supernumerary rings (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), and the establishment of a new suborder Dobrodesmidea. (2016) (7)
Cave millipeds of the United States. VI. Sequoiadesmus krejcae, n. gen., n. sp., from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California, USA (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidea, Macrosternodesmidae). (2008) (7)
Linnaeus tercentenary and invertebrate taxonomy: an introduction* (2007) (6)
Branneria bonoculus, n. sp., a second species in the North American milliped family Branneriidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea) (2003) (6)
Australian Chordeumatidan Millipedes. III. A Review of the Millipede Family Metopidiotrichidae Attems in Australia (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida) (1997) (6)
One hundred million years of stasis: Siphonophora hui sp. nov., the first Mesozoic sucking millipede (Diplopoda: Siphonophorida) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (2019) (6)
Cave millipeds of the United States. VII. New species and records of the genus Pseudotremia Cope. I. Species from West Virginia, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae) (2008) (6)
Cave millipedes of the United States. XIV. Revalidation of the genus Speorthus Chamberlin, 1952 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), with a description of a new species from Texas and remarks on the families Polydesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae in North America. (2017) (6)
Deletions from the North American harvestman (Opiliones) faunal list: Phalangomma virginicum Roewer, 1949 is a synonym of Erebomaster weyerensis (Packard, 1888) (Travunioidea: Cladonychiidae), and a note on "Crosbycus" goodnightorum Roewer, 1951 (Nemastomatidae) (2008) (6)
Stridulation in Acanthophrynus Coronatus (Butler) (Amblypygi, Tarantulidae) (1970) (6)
The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). American Museum novitates ; no. 3009 (1991) (6)
Tingupa tlingitorum , n. sp., a new milliped from Haines, Alaska, USA, with notes on the generic distribution and a revised key to species (Chordeumatida: Tingupidae) (2007) (6)
A new millipede, Austrotyla awishoshola n. sp., (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Conotylidae) from New Mexico, USA, and the importance of cave moss gardens as refugial habitats. (2016) (5)
The Chemistry of Some Dalodesmidean Millipedes from Tasmania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). (2017) (5)
The milliped family Tingupidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Brannerioidea). American Museum novitates ; no. 2715 (1981) (5)
Ortholasma setulipes Shear and Gruber is a synonym of Ortholasma coronadense Cockerell (1987) (5)
New records of Acropsopilio neozealandiae (Forster), and remarks on the sexual status of the species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Caddidae) (2007) (5)
ORIBATID MITE FOSSILS FROM A TERRESTRIAL DEVONIAN (1988) (5)
The Milliped Family Rhiscosomididae (Diplopoda: Chordeumida:Striarioidea) (1973) (5)
Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Caseyidae, Opiona columbiana Chamberlin, 1951: distribution extensions into the Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, USA, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada, and eastern & southern Washington State, USA; additional new records from British Columbia and Washington (2007) (5)
A new Stygiochiropus from a North West Cape (Western Australia) coastal plain cave (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) (1996) (5)
New records of Myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes) from the Galápagos Islands (2000) (5)
Cave millipeds of the United States. XI. Opiona graeningi, n. sp., a troglomorphic caseyid milliped from Siskiyou County, California, with comments on the genus Opiona Chamberlin 1951 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Caseyidae) (2011) (4)
Five new chordeumatidan millipeds from China: new species of Vieteuma (Kashmirieumatidae) and Nepalella (Megalotylidae) (2002) (4)
The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidae). (2016) (4)
Distribution extensions of the milliped families Conotylidae and Rhiscosomididae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida) into northern coastal British Columbia and Southern Alaska. (2009) (4)
Obituary: Jane Gray (1929–2000) (2000) (4)
Introduction Of The Milliped, Cleidogona Nantahala Shear, In New England, Usa (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae) (2004) (4)
Redescription of the South African millipede Cylichnogaster lawrencei Verhoeff, 1937 and notes on the family Siphonotidae (Diplopoda, Polyzoniida). (2016) (4)
Snoqualmia, a new polydesmid milliped genus from the northwestern United States, with a description of two new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae) (2012) (4)
Palaeontology: An insect to fill the gap (2012) (4)
A new troglobitic milliped of the genus Nepalella from China ( Diplopoda , Chordeumatida , Megalotylidae ) (2014) (3)
The milliped family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. V. Stegostriaria dulcidormus, n. gen., n. sp., Kentrostriaria ohara, n. gen., n. sp., and the convergent evolution of exaggerated metazonital crests (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). (2022) (3)
A new genus and species of milliped from Illinois (Polydesmida, Euryuridae) (1968) (3)
A second species of the rare milliped family Apterouridae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Striarioidea) (2003) (3)
The chordeumatid millipeds of Chile (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida). American Museum novitates ; ; no. 2912. (1988) (3)
Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae, Pseudotremia salisae Lewis: distribution extension north of the Ohio River in Ohio and Illinois, U. S. A. (2007) (3)
Branneria bonoculus (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea): New to The Milliped Fauna of Texas (2009) (3)
A new milliped of the genus Stenozonium Shelley 1998 from Washington State, U. S. A.: first record of the genus and family from North of the Columbia River (Polyzoniida: Polyzoniidae) (2005) (3)
A NEW EYELESS, STRIDULATING THERIDION SPIDER FROM CAVES IN THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS (ARANEAE, THERIDIIDAE) (1987) (3)
The Milliped Genus Bidentogon Diplopoda Polydesmida Trichopolydesmidae (1972) (3)
The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IV. Amplaria oedipus, n. sp., with a secondary sexual modification of males unique among millipedes (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). (2022) (3)
The Milliped Genus Bollmanella (Diplopoda, Choreumida, Conotylidae) (1974) (2)
A New Milliped In The Genus Apheloria From Southern West-Virginia And The Taxonomic Position Of Rudiloria-Mohicana Diplopoda Polydesmida Xystodesmidae (1972) (2)
Case 3688 charinidae Gray 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): proposed suppression (2016) (2)
Harvestmen: the Biology of Opiliones (2008) (2)
The centipede family Anopsobiidae new to North America, with the description of a new genus and species and notes on the Henicopidae of North America and the Anopsobiidae of the Northern Hemisphere (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha). (2018) (2)
The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VI. Six new genera and thirteen new species from western North America (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). (2022) (2)
Solved after 140 years: the identity of the millipede Polydesmus cavicola Packard, 1877, and proposal of Packardesmus n. gen. (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae). (2019) (2)
Additions to the milliped family Caseyidae. I. Caseya richarti , n. sp ., and new records of previously described species in the genus Caseya Cook and Collins 1895 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Caseyidae) (2007) (2)
Millipeds (1999) (2)
CAVE MILLIPEDS OF THE UNITED STATES. IX. A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS TAIYUTYLA (DIPLOPODA, CHORDEUMATIDA, CONOTYLIDAE) FROM CAVES IN SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS, CALIFORNIA, USA (2011) (2)
New Canadian records of Nemastoma bimaculatum (Fabricius), and a brief summary of introduced Eurasian harvestmen in North America (Arachnida, Opiliones). (2016) (2)
A new miniature species of the milliped genus Cleidogona from Costa Rica (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae), with a review of Central American Cleidogonidae. (2013) (1)
The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. II. New records and species of the genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). (2021) (1)
Three new genera and eighteen new species of miniature polydesmid millipedes from the northwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae). (2021) (1)
Systematic position of the milliped species Alloiopus solitarius Attems and the genus Ghilarovia Gulicka (Chordeumatida, Anthro/eucosomatidae) (2014) (1)
Cave millipedes of the United States. XIII. A new, troglobiotic species of Austrotyla from Colorado (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Conotylidae). (2013) (1)
Breaking no new ground (1995) (1)
Buotidae, a new family for the minute North American milliped Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) (2009) (1)
The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893: I. Introduction to the family, synonymy of Vaferaria Causey with Amplaria Chamberlin, the new subfamily Trisariinae, the new genus Trisaria, and three new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). (2020) (1)
The first Permian centipedes from Russia (2018) (1)
The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VII. Petra sierwaldae, n. gen., n. sp., a minute millipede from Idaho, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae). (2022) (1)
The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893: III. Four new species of Striaria Bollman, 1888 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae) from Idaho, USA. (2021) (1)
Taracus aspenae, n. sp. (Opiliones: Taracidae) a new long-jawed harvestman from a cave in northeastern Oregon, U.S.A. (2018) (1)
The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814 (Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) in North America with comments on the derivation of its binomial name. (2018) (1)
Two new cave-dwelling harvestmen from Western Australia (Arachnida: Opiliones: Assamiidae and uPhalangodidae") (2001) (1)
The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VIII. Three new genera and four new species of minute millipedes from Oregon and Washington, USA(Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) (2023) (0)
American Spiders.Willis J. Gertsch (1979) (0)
A Festschrift honouring Prof. Dr. Jochen Martens on occasion of his 80th birthday (Title）. (2021) (0)
Figures 15-20 from: Shear WA, Steinmann DB (2019) Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 (2019) (0)
Recovery of the family status of Pericambalidae Silvestri, 1909, stat. nov. (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Cambalidea), with a revision of the genera and species from China (2023) (0)
Figures 7-10 from: Shear WA, Steinmann DB (2019) Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 (2019) (0)
TheChordeumatid Millipeds ofChile (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida) (1988) (0)
A synopsis of the cave millipeds of the usa with an illustrated key to genera (1969) (0)
Figures 1-6 from: Shear WA, Steinmann DB (2019) Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 (2019) (0)
Figures 21-25 from: Shear WA, Steinmann DB (2019) Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 (2019) (0)
Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA (2019) (0)
Risk management alert: a summary of perinatal cases. (1992) (0)
Preface. (2021) (0)
Map 1 from: Shear WA, Steinmann DB (2019) Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 (2019) (0)
Figures 26- 27 from: Shear WA, Steinmann DB (2019) Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 (2019) (0)
<strong>Preface</strong> (2021) (0)
The opilionid subfamily Ortholasmatinae (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Nemastomatidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 2757 (1983) (0)
Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae. II. Martenseya, a new genus of miniature, blind millipedes from California (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea, Caseyidae). (2021) (0)
Figures 28- 29 from: Shear WA, Steinmann DB (2019) Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 (2019) (0)
The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea). (2020) (0)
Contributions to arachnid systematics in honor of Willis J. Gertsch, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 170, article 1 (1981) (0)
Cave millipedes of the United States. XVI. Two new species from Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon (Chordeumatida, Conotylidae and Caseyidae). (2019) (0)
Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi gen. et sp. nov. illuminates spider origins (2018) (0)
The identity of Ergethus perditus Chamberhn lDiplopodac Polydesmidac Paradoxosomatidaer (1970) (0)
Pyrgeuma pyrgodesmoides, n. gen., n. sp., a new millipede from Malaysia with unusual surface structures (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidae) (2012) (0)
The identity of Amplaria nazinta (Chamberlin, 1910): a century-old millipede mystery resolved (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae) (2017) (0)
Contributors (2019) (0)
Urochordeumatidae Silvestri, 1909, a millipede family endemic to Washington State, USA (Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea). (2019) (0)
Step-wise evolution of complex chemical defenses in millipedes: a phylogenomic approach (2018) (0)
Cyrtodesmus baerti, n. sp., a cryptic millipede from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Cyrtodesmidae). (2018) (0)
Figures 11-14 from: Shear WA, Steinmann DB (2019) Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 (2019) (0)
Upside-down Spider (1989) (0)
A Festschrift honouring Prof. Dr. Jochen Martens on occasion of his 80th birthday (Toc). (2021) (0)
INFLUENCE OF GEOLOGICAL BARRIERS ON THE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND DISPERSAL OF CAVE-ADAPTED SCOTERPES MILLIPEDES (CHORDEUMATIDA: TRICHOPETALIDAE) IN THE INTERIOR LOW PLATEAU AND APPALACHIANS KARST REGIONS (2018) (0)
Benedictesmus timber Shear & Marek 2021, n. sp. (2021) (0)

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