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With a little help from my friends: "understanding the roles and importance of the millipede gut microbiome"
NWEZE, Julius Eyiuche
This research aimed to elucidate the role and importance of the millipede gut microbiome in cellulose digestion by using inhibitors to disrupt potential host-symbiosis and assessing their effects on millipede digestion and overall health. It involved the first comprehensive profiling of microbial communities within the hindgut and faeces of two distinct millipede species: Epibolus pulchripes, a tropical species found on the East African coast, and Glomeris connexa, a temperate species native to Central Europe. Although both species share a similar detritivorous lifestyle, they differ in size and gut redox conditions, with G. connexa being smaller (10-17 mm) than E. pulchripes (130-160 mm). The study also revealed the potential of the hindgut bacterial community in breaking down complex polysaccharides and recycling nutrients. It described the active bacterial community vital for certain processes and the extent of the millipedes' dependence on them. Additionally, the research provided a comprehensive investigation of viral communities in the hindguts of the two millipedes and their role in enhancing metabolism and modulating microbial composition. Furthermore, it introduced a new perspective that millipedes primarily ingest litter to gain access to microbial biomass (primarily fungal), which they and their gut microbiota consume.
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Communities of millipedes (.i.Diplopoda./i.) and centipedes (.i.Chilopoda./i.) in changing conditions of montane spruce forests of the Šumava Mountains
Tajovský, Karel
In the nineties of the past century, large climax Norway spruce (.i.Picea abies./i.) areas of the Šumava Mountains were damaged by the bark beetle outbreak. The subsequent decay of spruce growths become the object of interest for management practice, nature protection as well as research activities. While the changes in forest growths under the bark beetle outbreak were well visible, there were no information about the impact of these processes and subsequent management practices used (clear cutting, spontaneous development of dead growths) on soil environments and existing communities of soil organisms. Within the soil zoological research in 1999-2010 near the localities Březník and Studená hora Mt., qualitative and quantitative parameters of millipede and centipede assemblages were studied in undamaged, damaged and dead forest stands, and in differently old clearings. Combination of methods of pitfall trapping and soil sampling served data about the composition and changes of communities of both invertebrate groups.
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Communities of millipedes and centipedes in the naturally disturbed and rehabilitated mountain spruce forests of the Šumava Mts.
VELÍŠEK, Lukáš
The aim of the study was to describe and compare the communities of soil invertebrates esp. millipedes and centipedes at selected localities in the Březník area, the Šumava National Park. The work pursues the two approaches to the management of the mountain spruce forests which were affected by bark beetle and where their remediation has been applied or they have been left to the spontaneous development. Non-intervention management has a positive impact on the populations of millipedes and centipedes comparing to the assemblages of other soil invertebrates. In the case two types of management, they are no significant differences in the composition of soil macrofauna in both studied variants.
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Vliv okusu spárkatou zvěří na chutnost listového opadu pro mnohonožky (Diplopoda)
Ashili, P. ; Tajovský, Karel ; Tuf, I.H. ; Tufová, J.
Millipedes were used as a model group of decomposers for experimental study focusing on this aspect of ungulate - plant - soil invertebrate relationship. Leaf litter and millipedes (.i.Glomeris klugii, Glomeris hexasticha, Glomeris connexa, Julus scandinavius, Leptoiulus proximus, Megaphyllum projectum, Unciger foetidus./i.) were collected at forest localities in the Křivoklátsko PLA and BR, Czech Republic. Palatability of leaves from two different plots was compared. Leaf litter of beech (.i.Fagus silvatica./i.) and hornbeam (.i.Carpinus betulus./i.) was collected in autumn and spring in both plots and used in laboratory tests with millipedes. Consumption differed significantly between the individual experiments. Millipedes preferred hornbeam leaf litter over beech leaves, leaf litter from the fenced plot over that from the grazed plot, and fresh litter over old, overwintered leaves.
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Millipede (Diplopoda) and centipede (Chilopoda) faunas in the spruce forests of the Bohemian Forest affected by bark beetle outbreak
Tajovský, Karel
Zoological research in the spruce forests of the Bohemian Forest affected since the nineties of the past century by bark beetle outbreak showed that the climax spruce growths are characterised by specific species composition of millipedes and centipedes. Clear cuttings expressed a decrease of their densities. Dead forests without any management showed increase of millipede populations; centipede numbers decreased but no changes in their species spectrum was observed. Spontaneous succession of dead forest growths represents more considerate variant of management towards the specific soil conditions.
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Genus Melogona Cook, 1895 (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Chordeumatidae) in Slovakia
Mock, A. ; Tajovský, Karel
The genus Melogona Cook, 1895 involves millipede species widely distributed in Europe both in natural and synanthropic habitats. Nevertheless the information about distribution of individual representatives of this genus are still fragmentary and incomplete. In comparison with surrounding Central European countries, there were no records about these millipedes in Slovakia to date. Due to intense faunistic and ecological research in several last years, there were obtained the first data about the distribution and ecology of three species of this genus on the territory of Slovakia and preliminary results were summarised. Melogona broelemanni and Melogona voigti were recorded in man influenced habitats, while Melogona transsilvanica was found in natural localities.
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Millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda) and terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea) of the Žofínský prales National Nature Reserve, the Novohradské hory Mountains (South Bohemia, Czech Republic)
Tajovský, Karel
Data about the present knowledge of the millipede, centipede and terrestrial isopod faunas of the Žofínský prales National Nature Reserve are summarized. Except for terrestrial isopods no literary data were available for millipedes and centipedes. Detail faunistic research, aimed at all three groups of terrestrial invertebrates, has been realized in the years 1997-1999. The results showed that from the faunistic point of view this virgin forest represents interesting territory with specific species composition and presence of some rare or less frequent species. In total, 15 species of millipedes, 19 species of centipedes and 7 species of terrestrial isopods have been found. The millipedes Pachypodoiulus eurypus and Listrocheiritium septentrionale, the centipedes Lithobius punctulatus and Lithobius piceus, and the terrestrial isopods Trichoniscus ostarrichius and Ligidium germanicum represent important faunistic records.
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Millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda), terrestrial isopods (Oniscidea), and earthworms (Lumbricidae) of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve
Tajovský, Karel ; Pižl, Václav
The earliest records of millipedes, centipedes, terrestrial isopods, and earthworms from the territory of the Pálava Biosphere Reserve (BR) come from the thirties to fifties of the past century. However, the research on these invertebrates was carried out mainly in the adjacent floodplain of the Dyje River downstream to its confluence with the Morava River, covering only partially the territory of the present BR. An important milestone was the project aimed at the survey of terrestrial invertebrates within the extended BR, as recently under consideration (Rozkošný a Vaňhara 1995), in which all available faunistic records were summarised. Intensive soil zoological research carried out in the scope of the Global Environment Facility project as well as activities connected with biomonitoring in protected areas of the Czech Republic improved importantly the knowledge of the distribution of these invertebrates in the study area. At present, 23 species of millipedes (30% of species known in the Czech Republic) , 21 species of centipedes (29%), 16 species of terrestrial isopods (36%), and 19 species and subspecies of earthworms (36%) are known from the Pálava BR. The thermophilous character of many localities is manifested in the occurrence of the millipede Megaphyllum unilineatum, the centipedes Scutigera coleoptrata, Dignathodon microcephalus, and Henia illyrica, the isopod Trachelipus nodulosus, as well as of the earthworms Dendrobaena mrazeki and Kritodrilus auriculatus. The records of the millipedes Julus scanicus and Leptoiulus cibdellus in the wetland biotopes of the Křivé jezero National Nature Reserve, those of the terrestrial isopods Armadillidium versicolor in the Pavlov Hills, and that of Armadillidium zenckeri in the Slanisko u Nesytu National Nature Reserve, as well as the occurrence of the earthworms Allolobophora hrabei and Fitzingeria platyura in the Milovice Forest and Pavlov Hills are particularly important.
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