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Publications on centipede phylogeny

  • Edgecombe, G.D., Bonato, L. and Giribet, G. 2010. Brooding in Mecistocephalus togensis (Geophilomorpha: Placodesmata) and the evolution of parental care in centipedes (Chilopoda). International Journal of Myriapodology, 3.
  • Koch, M., Edgecombe, G.D. and Shelley, R.M. 2010. Anatomy of Ectonocryptoides (Scolopocryptopidae: Ectonocryptopinae) and the phylogeny of blind Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). International Journal of Myriapodology, 3, 51-81.
  • Murienne, J., Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2010. Including secondary structure, fossils and molecular dating in the centipede tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution  57, 301-313
  • Shear, W.A. and Edgecombe, G.D. 2010. The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda. Arthropod Structure & Development, 39, 174-190.
  • Stoev, P., Akkari, N., Zapparoli, M., Porco, D., Enghoff, H., Edgecombe, G.D., Georgiev, T. and Penev, L. 2010.The centipede genus Eupolybothrus Verhoeff, 1907 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) in North Africa, a cybertaxonomic revision, with an interactive key to all species in the genus and the first use of DNA barcoding for the group. Zookeys, 50, 29-77.
  • Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2009. Phylogenetics of scutigeromorph centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) with implications for species delimitation and historical biogeography of the Australian and New Caledonian faunas. Cladistics, 25, 406-427.
  • Edgecombe, G.D. and Koch, M. 2009. The contribution of preoral chamber and foregut morphology to the phylogenetics of Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Soil Organisms (Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Myriapodology), 81, 295-318. 
  • Giribet, G., Guzmán Cuéllar, A. and Edgecombe, G.D. 2009. Further use of molecular data in studying biogeographic patterns within the centipede genus Craterostigmus: the case for a monophyletic New Zealand species. Soil Organisms (Proceedings of the 14th International Congress of Myriapodology), 81, 557-563.
  • Koch, M., Pärschke, S. and Edgecombe, G.D. 2009. Phylogenetic implications of gizzard morphology in scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda). Zoologica Scripta, 38, 269-288.
  • Minelli, A., Chagas, Jr., A. and Edgecombe, G.D. 2009. Saltational evolution of trunk segment number in centipedes. Evolution & Development, 11, 318-322.
  • Edgecombe, G. D. and Barrow, L. 2007. A new genus of scutigerid centipedes (Chilopoda) from Western Australia, with new characters for morphological phylogenetics of Scutigeromorpha. Zootaxa, 1409, 23-50. 
  • Edgecombe, G. D. and Giribet, G. 2007. Evolutionary biology of centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda). Annual Reviews of Entomology, 52,151-170.
  • Edgecombe, G. D. 2006. Homology of cephalic sutures in Chilopoda: the antennocellar sutures of Scutigeromorpha. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 149, 67-70.
  • Edgecombe, G.D. and G. Giribet. 2006. A century later - a total evidence re-evaluation of the phylogeny of scutigeromorph centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). Invertebrate Systematics, 20, 503-525.
  • Edgecombe, G. D., Colgan, D. J. and Sharkey, D. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian centipede Henicops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): a combined morphological and molecular approach. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 37, 241-256.
  • Giribet, G. and Edgecombe, G. D. 2006. Conflict between data sets and phylogeny of centipedes: an analysis based on seven genes and morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B, 273, 531-538
  • Giribet, G. and Edgecombe, G. D. 2006. The importance of looking at small-scale patterns when inferring Gondwanan biogeography: a case study of the centipede Paralamyctes (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Henicopidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 89, 65-78.
  • Koch, M. and Edgecombe, G. D. 2006. The peristomatic structures in Scutigeromorpha (Chilopoda): a comparative study, with new characters for higher-level systematics. Zoomorphology, 125, 187-207.
  • Edgecombe, G. D. and Hollington, L. M. 2005. Morphology and relationships of a new species of Henicops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa, 961, 1-20. Henicops PDF (1.6 MB)
  • Edgecombe, G. D. 2004. Morphological data, extant Myriapoda, and the myriapod stem-group. Contributions to Zoology, 73, 207-252.
  • Edgecombe, G. D. 2004. Monophyly of Lithobiomorpha (Chilopoda): new characters from the pretarsal claws. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 35, 29-41.
  • Edgecombe, G. D. 2004. The henicopid centipede Haasiella (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): new species from Australia, with a morphology-based phylogeny of Henicopidae. Journal of Natural History, 38, 37-76.
  • Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2004. Adding mitochondrial sequence data (16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) to the phylogeny of centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda): an analysis of morphology and four molecular loci. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 42, 89-134.
  • Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Australasian anopsobiine centipedes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). Invertebrate Systematics, 18, 235-249.
  • Edgecombe, G. D., and Giribet, G. 2003. A new blind Lamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from Tasmania with an analysis of molecular sequence data for the Lamyctes-Henicops Group. Zootaxa, 152, 1-23
  • Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2003. Relationships of Henicopidae (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): new molecular data, classification and biogeography. In: Hamer, M. (ed) Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Myriapodology. African Invertebrates, 44, 13-38. 
  • Edgecombe, G. D., Richter, S. and Wilson, G. D. F. 2003. The mandibular gnathal edges: homologous structures across Mandibulata? In: Hamer, M. (ed) Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Myriapodology. African Invertebrates, 44, 115-135. 
  • Edgecombe, G. D. and Giribet, G. 2002. Myriapod phylogeny and the relationships of Chilopoda. 143-168. In: Llorente Bousquets, J. and Morrone, J. J. (eds) Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografia de Artrópodos de México: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento, Volumen III. Prensas de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. 
  • Edgecombe, G. D., Giribet, G. and Wheeler, W. C. 2002. Phylogeny of Henicopidae (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): a combined analysis of morphology and five molecular loci. Systematic Entomology, 27, 31-64.
  • Edgecombe, G. D., Giribet, G. and Wheeler, W. C. 1999. Phylogeny of Chilopoda: Combining 18S and 28S rRNA sequences and morphology. In: Melic, A., de Haro, J. J., Mendez, M. and Ribera, I. (eds) Evolución y Filogenia de Arthropoda. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 26, 293-331.
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