George Popovici- Student at Imperial College London
George Popovici
- Student at Imperial College London
Working on taxonomy and evolution of centipedes (orders Lithobiomorpha, Scolopendromorpha and Geophilomorpha).
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Using integrative taxonomy and systematics to understand the biogeography, diversity and evolution (particularly in functional morphology and external anatomy) of the centipedes.
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Centipedes collected during Royal Society surveys of the arthropod fauna of the Aldabra Atoll in 1968–1975 are identified, described, and illustrated to provide the first checklist to the Aldabran centipede fauna, comprising 12 species. These newly include the lithobiomorph Lamyctes tristani (Pocock, 1893), the scolopendromorphs Scolopendra morsita...
The single published record of centipedes from the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory, is for the scolopendrid Rhysida longipes Newport, 1845, from Eagle Island. Recent collections from Diego Garcia atoll include new records of R. longipes as well as four other centipede species, including the first records of the ordersLithobiomorp...
Geophilus zagreus sp. nov., a troglomorphic geophilid endemic to the Movile Cave sulfidic groundwater ecosystem, is described and illustrated. It is distinguished from other European Geophilus species by a high number of coxal pores on the ventral side of the coxa of the last pair of legs. Its affinities with the other two troglobitic species of th...
Based on the review of the original descriptions of Pachymerium antipai Căpușe, 1968, P. atticum Verhoeff, 1901 and P. tabacarui Căpușe, 1968 from Romania and the direct study of the external anatomy of P. ferrugineum (C. L. Koch, 1835) and Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778) from Romania, Egypt, Italy and Russia, P. antipai and P. atticum sensu Căpuș...
Four specimens of the same species of scolopendromorph centipede from Eocene Baltic amber provide the first fossil occurrence of the family Plutoniumidae, a clade represented by seven extant species. The fossil material, documented by light microscopy and computed microtomography, is assigned to the genus Theatops Newport, 1844, which currently has...
Three Geophilus impressus C. L. Koch, 1847 specimens collected in Băneasa Forest, Southern Romania are described and illustrated. The sampled population represents a new lower limit for the leg-bearing segment number of this species and morphological differences to previous descriptions that cast doubt on the reliability of using size- and age-depe...
In this paper, we report the first records of Eresus moravicus ez, 2008 from Romania. The collected specimens from the new localities are described with phenological and ecological data. The new records are also confirmed by the first molecular data (mitochondrial gene fragments COI and ND1) for E. moravicus from Romania and compared with other Eur...
The discovery of new Clinopodes intermedius specimens prompted the investigation regarding the validity of this species. Clinopodes intermedius is morphologically re-described with updated illustrations based on the newly-collected specimens, including the first description of a male specimen and the first molecular data for this species; a complet...
