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Bulletin Du Centre International De Mvriapodologie N° 30- 1997 ISSN 1161-2398 BULLETIN DU CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE MVRIAPODOLOGIE Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Zoologie-Arthropodes, 61 rue Buffon F-75231 PARIS Cedex 05 LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS LISTE DES TRA VAUX PARUS ET SOUS-PRESSE MYRIAPODA & ONYCHOPHORA ANNUAIRE MONDIAL DES MYRIAPODOLOGISTES WORLD DIRECTORY OF THE MYRIAPODOLOGISTS PUBLICATION ET LIS1ES REPERTORIEES DANS LA BASE PASCAL DE L'INSTITUT D'INFORMA TION SCIENTIAQUE ET TECHNIQUE (INIST CNRS) DEMANGE J.M., GEOFFROY J,J., MAURIES J.P. & NGUYEN DUY • JACQUEMIN M. (EDS) · 1997 N° 30- 1997 ISSN 1161-2398 BULLETIN DU CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE MYRIAPODOLOGIE Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Zoologie-Arthropodes, 61 rue Buffon F-75231 PARIS Cedex 05 LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS LISTE DES TRAVAUX PARUS ET SOUS-PRESSE MYRIAPODA & ONYCHOPHORA ANNUAIRE MONDIAL DES MYRIAPODOLOGISTES WORLD DIRECTORY OF THE MYRIAPODOLOGISTS PUBLICATION ET LIS1ES REPERTORIEES DANS LA BASE PASCAL DE L'INSTITUT D'INFORMA TION SCIENTIFIQUE ET 1ECHNIQUE (INIST CNRS) DEMANGE J.M., GEOFFROY j.j., MAURIES J.P. & NGUYEN DUY - JACQUEMIN M. (EDS) 1997 SOMMAIRE I CONTENTS I ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Pages I Pages I Seite A vant-propos I Foreword -------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Contact the permanent Secretariat byE-MAIL & FAX --------------------------------------------2 A propos du Centre International de Myriapodologie ----------------------------------------------3 About the Centre International de Myriapodologie -------------------------------------------------4 Financial contributions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Bilan financier 1996 I Financial balance 1996 ------------------------------------------------------ 6 Y oshiteru Murakami ( 1925-1997) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 11th International Congress I Myriapodologica -----------------------------------------------------9 Millepattia -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1() Onychophora newsletter n°6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------11 Biology of the springtails ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 The Bulletin of the British Myriapod Group no 13 ----------------------------------------------- 13 Your bibliography for the CIM bibliographic list ------------------------------------------------- 14 Sujets actuellement abordes ou en projet Matters being dealt or scheduled Laufende oder in Vorbereitung befindliche V orhaben --------------------------------------------15 Tableau analytique sommaire des travaux parus et sous presse en 1996 Analyticat summarized table of the works published or in press in 1996 Analytische Inhaltverzeichnis der Erschienenen und im druck befindliche arbeiten des J ahres 1996 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22 Liste des travaux parus et sous presse en 1996 List of works published or in press in 1996 Liste der Erschienenen und im druck befindliche Arbeiten des J ahres 1996 -------------------25 Annuaire mondial des myriapodologistes Directory of the myriapodologists J ahrbuch der Myriapodologen ------------------------------------------------------------------------37 Annonces - Announcements - Anzeige On recherche - Wanted - Gesucht ------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 Cover: « haplopodous »juvenile of Glyphiulus zorzini, an unpublished Chinese cambalid millipede. (Drawing by Jacques Rebiere) L'equipe de redaction a congu.et realise ce bulletin grace a la collaboration des 9'7<cQ11eg.l1es.~ql.li ()J1t~~P9Jld.u cette annee a notre questionn~re. Merci a tous de votre participation. The e(Jitqriql't~ilm'have c_oftceiv:ed·and realized ihe pr:esent bulletin Witlzthepqrticipation of97 colleagues who answered the.qii'esfi~nnaife. ·. Thank you very much, all of you. · · · · · J.M. DEMANGE, J.J. GEOFFROY, J.P. MAURIES & M. NGUYEN DUY-JACQUEMIN (EDS, 1997) A vant-propos I Foreword This 30th issue of the Bulletin du Centre International de Myriapodologie will be an occasion to remind and precise some functionning patterns of our international centre, dealing with registration, answering the questionnaire, correct writing for the bibliography, financial contribution ... (see different following pages). The present bulletin is the result of the work realized by the permanent secretariat during 1996-1997, in collaboration with colleagues that have send informations and answered the questionnaire. We have received this year 97 replies to the questionnaire. This represents only 46% of the active population of the CIM. It shows also a decrease in the number of answers compared to previous years: 106 in 1996, 103 in 1995, 103 in 1994 and 107 in 1993. Is it due to a decreasing activity or interest from the international community of myriapodologists and onychophorologists or to a direct decrease of the number of the members of the tribe ? In 1997, the CIM file is composed of 213 members. Three new members have been registered, from Belgium, Germany and India. In the other side, 13 members have been cancelled from the file: one after decease, two after having send their own resignation, and ten by cancellation after 5 years or more of complete silence. Following the interesting international congress held in 1996 at Copenhagen, and collecting news and informations from everywhere in the world, this year will appear for us as a particular one for transition and hope. Transition towards new status of the CIM and towards new possibilities to organize and communicate; hope in a more and more active contribution of the international community of myriapodologists and onychophorologists to our activities. Best wishes Jean-Jacques GEOFFROY CIM Secretariat Centre International de Myriapodologie Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie-Arthropodes 61, rue Buffon F-75231 Paris Cedex 05 Tel. +33 1 40 79 35 82 Fax +33 1 40 79 38 63 E-mail: [email protected] 1 ELECTRONIC-MAIL FAX You can contact the permanent Secretariat by Fax or by Electronic-Mail: Vous pouvez contacter le Secretariat permanent du CIM par Courrier electronique ou par Fax: (Laboratoire de Zoologie Arthropodes du M.N.H.N.) The secretariat members [email protected] (Jean-Jacques Geoffroy) [email protected] (Jean-Marie Demange) [email protected] (Jean-Paul Mauries) [email protected] (Monique Nguyen Duy) 2 CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE MYRIAPODOLOGIE Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Zoologie-Arthropodes) 61, rue Buffon F-75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France) Cree a Paris en 1968, le CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE MYRIAPODOLOGIE (C.I.M.) represente le groupement des myriapodologistes du monde entier. Le secretariat permanent du C.I.M. est situe au Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris: Laboratoire de Zoologie-Arthropodes. 11 a pour mission d'informer rapidement les myriapodologistes (mais aussi les autres zoologistes et biologistes qui le desirent) sur les travaux en cours ou publies dans tous les domaines de la myriapodologie (Myriapoda & Onychophora), allant de I' etude des macromolecules a celle des complexes d'ecosystemes. Pour son fonctionnement, Le C.I.M. re~oit de la part de ses membres une aide financiere annuelle de 100,00 francs fran~ais (depuis1991) ou, a defaut, des ouvrages ou tires-a-part destines a constituer une bibliotheque specialisee. Celle-ci est deposee au Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie-Arthropodes. En decembre de chaque annee, tous les collegues inscrits au C.I.M. re9oivent un questionnaire. Celui-ci demande a chacun la liste des travaux publies ou sous-presse pour l'annee ecoulee, mais aussi les sujets d'etude en cours ou en projet. En outre, il sollicite demandes ou informations pouvant interesser tout chercheur dont le travail touche, de pres ou de loin, aux Myriapodes. Les scientifiques interroges renvoient ce questionnaire fin fevrier et, de !'ensemble des reponses venues de pays du monde entier nait le bulletin, bibliographique et analytique, complete de l'annuaire, qui est envoye a tousles collegues en avril. Lorsqu 'un collegue reste cinq ans sans repond re au questionnaire, ou sans envoyer de contribution, sa radiation de la liste devient effective. Outre son role majeur d'information, le C.I.M. aide a une meilleure coordination de certains travaux mais est, de plus, charge d'assurer, en tant que co-organisateur, la tenue reguliere des Congres Internationaux de Myriapodologie, qui ont lieu tousles trois ans: 1) 1968 (Paris, France); 2) 1972 (Manchester, Grande-Bretagne); 3) 1975 (Hamburg, R.F.Allemagne): 4) 1978 (Gargnano, Italie); 5) 1981 (Radford, Virginia, U.S.A.); 6) 1984 (Amsterdam, Hollande); 7) 1987 (Vittorio Veneto, ltalie); 8) 1990 (Innsbruck, Autriche); 9) 1993 (Paris, France); 10) 1996 (Copenhague, Danemark). Le secretariat permanent est assiste d'un conseil international comportant les membres fondateurs du C.I.M., les organisateurs de congres internationaux et plusieurs membres designes par la session pleniere internationale des myriapodologistes. Il est compose de: J.M. DEMANGE (Paris, France); J.P. MAURIES (Paris, France); 0. KRAUS (Hamburg, Allemagne); J.G. BLOWER (Manchester, G.B.); R.L. HOFFMAN (Radford, Virginia, U.S.A.); C.A.W. JEEKEL (Amsterdam, Hollande); A. MINELLI (Padova, Italie); H. ENGHOFF (Copenhague, Danemark); E. MEYER ([nnsbruck, Autriche); M. NGUYEN DUY- JACQUEMIN (Paris, France) & 1.1. GEOFFROY (Brunoy,
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