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66. Wesener T, Akkari N, Golovatch SI. 2025. Revision of the millipede family Dalodesmidae in Madagascar, with descriptions of two new Malagasy species of Dalodesmus Cook, 1896 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). ZooKeys 1223: 185-220. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1223.139346
65. Palandačić A, Chai MJ, Shandikov GA, Akkari N, Frade PR, Randolf S, Berg H-M, Mikschi E, Bogutskaya NG. 2024. An annotated catalogue of selected historical type specimens, including genetic data, housed in the Natural History Museum Vienna. ZooKeys 1203: 253–323. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1203.117699
64. Antić D, Wesener T & Akkari N. 2024. Natural history collections help resurrecting Glomeris herzogowinensis Verhoeff, 1898 and further clarify the nomenclature of two Onychoglomeris subspecies of Attems (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae). Zoosystematics and evolution 100(2): 493–513. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.122288
63. Golovatch S & Akkari N. 2024. New records of the millipede genus Aschistodesmus Pocock, 1898 from the Solomon Islands, Melanesia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Arthropoda Selecta 33(2): 149–159.
62. Akkari N, Macek O & Edgecombe G. 2024. Rediscovery and redescription of Lithobius iranicus Attems, 1951 from Iran (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha). Zootaxa 5424(4): 401–422. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5424.4.1
61. Enghoff H & Akkari N. 2024. A new species of Lophostreptus Cook, 1895 discovered among syntypes of L. regularis Attems, 1909 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae). ZooKeys 1188: 265–274. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1188.115802
60. Akkari N, Macek Oliver & Stoev P. 2023. A revision of the millipede family Paracortinidae (Diplopoda, Callipodida). ZooKeys 1187: 341–399. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4211.1.1
59. Anti? D, Akkari N. 2023. The genus Inversotyphlus Strasser, 1962, stat. nov. and Inversotyphlus ammirandus sp. nov., a new bizarre, highly modified troglobiotic millipede (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae) from Albania, Balkan Peninsula. ZooKeys 1184: 65–80. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1184.113498
58. Wesener T, Moriz L & Akkari N (2023) Integrative redescription of the sucking millipede genus Dawydoffia Attems, 1953, with a description of a new species and a transfer to the family Hirudisomatidae (Diplopoda, Polyzoniida). Zootaxa 5263(3):411-429. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.3.6.
57. Akkari N & Reip H. 2023. Ommatoiulus ktarii, a new millipede from Tunisia and considerations on the taxonomy of the genus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae). Zootaxa 5231 (2): 183–191. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5231.2.5
56. Roithmair Z, Edgecombe GD, Wanninger A & Akkari N. 2023. Sexually dimorphic characters of the ultimate legs in lithobiid centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha): morphology and implications for reproductive behaviour. Journal of Morphology 2023 Feb;284(2):e21549.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21549
55. Enghoff H., & Akkari N. 2022. A new species of the hitherto monospecific genus Pleonoporus Attems, 1938 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae). ZooKeys 1117, 189–202. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1117.87765
54. Anti? D., Vagalinski B., Stoev P., & Akkari N. 2022. A review of the cavernicolous Trichopolydesmidae (Diplopoda, Polydesmida) from the Carpathian-Balkan arch and the Rhodope Mountains, with descriptions of two new genera and three new species. ZooKeys,1097, 1–46. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1097.83916
53. Anti? D, Ševi? M, Macek O, Akkari N. 2021. Review of Trachysphaera Heller, 1858 (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae) in Serbia, with taxonomic notes on the genus. Zootaxa 5047 (3): 273–299. Doi: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5047.3.3.
52. Golovatch S, Akkari N, Goud J, Telnov D. 2021. Review of the Papuan millipede genus Acanthiulus Gervais, 1844 (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Pachybolidae). In: Telnov, D. et al. (eds) 2021: Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, IV. (2021): 91–106.
51. Anti? D, Akkari N. 2020. Haasea Verhoeff, 1895—a genus of tumultuous history and chaotic records—redefinition, revision of taxonomy and geographic distributions, with descriptions of two new species from Austria and Serbia (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Haaseidae). Zootaxa 4798 (1): 001-077. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4798.1.1 (monograph)
50. Bodner M, Gruber J, Akkari, N. 2020. Checklists of the Austrian Fauna, No. 10. Julida (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Biosystematics and Ecology Series 34. 1 -17. https://doi.org/10.1553/BiosystEcolSer/Julida
49. Vathera V, Stoev P, Akkari N. Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1004.58537
48. Mayane Pacheo Fonesca R, Akkari N, Bichuette ME, Amazonas C-J. 2020. On the identity of the centipede Sogona cyclareata Attems, 1947 (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae). Zootaxa 4852 (5): 571-577.doi: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4852.5.5
47. Pimvitchai P, Akkari N, Semenyuk I, Constant J, Enghoff H.2020. Strikingly coloured new giant millipede from Vietnam has copycat in Borneo (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Harpagophoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 722: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1129
46. Edgecombe GD, Akkari N., Netherlands E, Du Preez G. 2020. A troblobitic species of the centipede Cryptops (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from northwestern Botswana. ZooKeys 977: 25-40. https://doi. org/10.3897/zookeys.977.57088
45. Ganske A-S, Vathera V, Dányi L, Edgecombe G, Akkari N. 2020. Phylogeny of of Lithobiidae Newport, 1844, with emphasis on the megadiverse genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). Cladistics. Early View. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12431
44. Neumann B, Akkari N, Reip H, Hammel JO, Neubert D. 2019. Inside the head of a cybertype – 3D reconstruction of the head muscles of Ommatoiulus avatar Akkari and Enghoff, 2015 (Diplopoda: Juliformia: Julidae) reveals insights into the feeding movements of Juliformia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188 (4): 954-975. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz109
43. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2019. Revision of the genus Attemsostreptus Verhoeff, 1941 with a description of a new species from Tanzania and notes on the tribe Trachystreptini Cook, 1896 (Spirostreptida, Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy 575: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.575
42. Vagalinski B, Golovatch SI, Akkari N, Stoev P.2019. Simplogonopus rubellus (attems, 1902), gen. n., comb. n.: revealing the identity of an enigmatic eastern Mediterranean millipede (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Trichopolydesmidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 3(71):325-334.
41. Hilgert M, Akkari N, Cahyo Rahmadi, Wesener T. 2019. The Myriapoda of Halimum-Salak National Park (Java, Indonesia): overview and faunal composition. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: 32218.https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e32218
40. Antic D, Rada T, Akkari N. 2018. Revision of the genus Hylopachyiulus Attems, 1904, with a description of a new species from Croatia (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae). Zootaxa 4531 (2): 225-241.
39. Ganske A-S, Edgecombe G, Akkari N. 2018. Morphology of the mandibles and the first maxillae in the family Lithobiidae (Myriapoda, Chilopoda), with remarks on their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Morphology 279 (12): 1798-1826.
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20902
38. Akkari N, Mauriès JP. 2018. A review of the family Trichopolydesmidae in North Africa with a description of a new species from Tunisia. ZooKeys 786: 117-128. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.786.28270
37. Akkari N, Ganske A-S. 2018. Two centipedes new to the fauna of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) and notes on the Lithobiomorpha of the island (Chilopoda, Myriapoda). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e26746. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e26746
36. Akkari N, Ganske A-S, Komeri?ki A, Metscher B. 2018. New avatars for Myriapods: Complete 3D morphology of type specimens transcends conventional species description (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). PLoS ONE 13(7): e0200158. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200158
35. Akkari N, Gilgado JD, Ortuño VM, Enghoff H. 2018. Out of the dark void: Ommatoiulus longicornis n. sp., a new julid from Spain (Diplopoda, Julida) with notes on some troglobiomorphic traits in millipedes. Zootaxa 4420 (3): 415-429.
34. Ganske A-S, Edgecombe GD, Akkari N. 2018. The peristomatic structures as a source of systematic characters in the genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). In: Stoev P, Edgecombe GD (Eds) Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology, Krabi, Thailand. ZooKeys 741: 49-75. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.741.21706
33. Hollier J, Schiller E, Akkari N. 2017. An annotated list of the Diplopoda described by Aloïs Humbert alone and with Henri de Saussure, and the Diplopoda from Saussure’s Mexico expedition. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 124 (2): 203-224.
32. Akkari N, Komeri?ki A, Weigand AM, Edgecombe GD, Stoev P. 2017. A new cave centipede from Croatia, Eupolybothrus liburnicus sp. n., with notes on the subgenus Schizopolybothrus Verhoeff, 1934 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae). ZooKeys 687: 11-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.687.13844
31. Golovatch S, Geoffroy JJ, Akkari N. 2017. Revision of the Vietnamese millipede genus Annamina Attems, 1937, with descriptions of three new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). Zookeys 669: 1-18. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.669.12561
30. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2017. Revision of genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884 in Portugal (Julida, Diplopoda) with description of six new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 295: 1-42. doi: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.295
29. Simaikis MS, Akkari N, Zapparoli M. 2016. The centipedes of Peloponnisos with emphasis on Parnonas Mountain and first records of genus Eurygeophilus in the East Mediterranean (Chilopoda, Myriapoda). Zootaxa 4061 (4): 301-346.
28. Golovatch SI, Akkari N. 2016. Identity of the Millipede Pseudoniponiella kometis (Attems, 1938) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Cryptodesmidae). Tropical Natural History 16 (1): 1-6.
27. Stoev P, Akkari N, Komeri?ki A, Edgecombe GD, Bonato L. 2015. At the end of the rope: Geophilus hadesi sp. n. – the world’s deepest cave-dwelling centipede (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae). In: Tuf IH, Tajovsk. K (Eds) Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Myriapodology, Olomouc, Czech Republic. ZooKeys 510: 95–114.doi: 10.3897/zookeys.510.9614
26. Akkari N, Enghoff H, Metscher BD. 2015. A New Dimension in Documenting New Species: High-Detail Imaging for Myriapod Taxonomy and First 3D Cybertype of a New Millipede Species (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae). PLOS ONE 10 (8): e0135243. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135243.
25. Akkari N, Enghoff H, Minelli A. 2014. Segmentation of millipede trunk as suggested by a homeotic mutant with six extra pairs of gonopods. Frontiers in Zoology 11: 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-11-6
24. Stoev P, Komeri?ki A, Akkari N, Liu S, Zhou X, Weigand AM, Hostens J, Porco D, Penev L. 2013. Transcriptomic, DNA barcoding, and micro-CT imaging data from an advanced taxonomic description of a novel centipede species (Eupolybothrus cavernicolus Komeri?ki & Stoev, sp. n.). GigaScience. http://dx.doi.org/10.5524/100063
23. Stoev P, Komeri?ki A, Akkari N, Liu S, Zhou X, Weigand AM, Hostens J, Hunter CH, Edmunds SC, Porco D, Zapparoli M, Georgiev T, Mietchen D, Roberts D, Faulwetter S, Smith V, Penev L. 2013. Eupolybothrus cavernicolus Komeri?ki & Stoev sp. n. (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae): the first eukaryotic species description combining transcriptomic, DNA barcoding and micro-CT imaging data. Biodiversity Data Journal 1: e1013. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e1013
22. Stoev P, Penev L, Akkari N, Cheung DK-B, Enghoff H, Brunke A, de Souza CM, Pape T, Mietchen D, Erwin T. 2013. Revolving images and multi-image keys open new horizons in descriptive taxonomy: ZooKeys working examples. ZooKeys 328: 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.6171
21. Cheung DK-B, Brunke AJ, Akkari N, Souza CM, Pape T. 2013. Rotational Scanning Electron Micrographs (rSEM): A novel and accessible tool to visualize and communicate complex morphology. ZooKeys 328: 47–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.5768
20. Akkari N, Cheung DK-B, Enghoff H, Stoev P. 2013. Revolving SEM images visualising 3D taxonomic characters: application to six species of the millipede genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884, with description of seven new species and an interactive key to the Tunisian members of the genus (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae). ZooKeys 328: 5–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.328.5763
19. Enghoff H, Akkari N & Pedersen, J. 2013. Aliquid novi ex Africa? Lamyctes africanus (Porath,1871) found in Europe (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Henicopidae). Journal of Natural History 41(31/32): 2071–2094. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.763062
18. Akkari N. 2013. On the identity of Julus rimosus Karsh, 1881 (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae), the only schizophylline known from Libya (North Africa) and notes on Libyan millipedes. Zootaxa 3652(3): 392–396.
17. Matthew RG, Stoev P, Akkari N, Blagoev G, Fet V. 2012. Euscorpius sicanus (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae) from Tunisia: DNA barcoding confirms ancient disjunctions across the Mediterranean Sea. Serket 13 (1/2): 16–26.
16. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2012. Rharodesmus tabarkensis n. sp., a new pyrgodesmid from Tunisia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Zootaxa 3195: 68.
15. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2012. Review of the genus Ommatoiulus in Andalusia, Spain (Diplopoda: Julida) with description of ten new species and notes on a remarkable gonopod structure, the fovea. Zootaxa 2528: 1–53.
14. Enghoff H, Akkari N. 2011. A callipodidan cocoon (Diplopoda, Callipodida, Schizopetalidae). International Journal of Myriapodology 5: 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/ijm.5.1995
13. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2011. The genus Rharodesmus – a tropical element in the North African millipede fauna: a new species from Tunisia and notes on the family Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Zootaxa 2985: 55–63.
12. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2011. Copulatory-copulatory male succession and male slenderness in Ommatoiulus sempervirilis n. sp., a new insular millipede from Tunisia (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49 (4): 285–291. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00625.x
11. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2011. On some surface structures of potential taxonomic importance in families of the suborders Polydesmidea and Dalodesmidea (Polydesmida, Diplopoda). ZooKeys 156: 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.156.2134
10. Akkari N, Stoev P, Enghoff H. 2011. Two new cavernicolous genera of Julidae (Diplopoda, Julida), with notes on the tribe Brachyiulini and on julid subanal hooks and anchors. ZooKeys 114: 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.114.1490
9. Stoev P, Akkari N, Blagoev G, Zapparoli M, Enghoff H, Penev L, Georgiev T. 2010. The centipede genus Eupolybothrus Verhoeff, 1907 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) in North Africa, with description of a new cave-dwelling species and interactive key to all species in the genus. ZooKeys 50: 29–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/Zookeys.50.504
8. Stoev P, Zapparoli M, Enghoff H, Golovatch S, Akkari N, Barber A. 2010. Myriapods (Myriapoda). Chapter 7.2. In: Roques A et al. (Eds) Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe. BioRisk 4(1): 97–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biorisk.4.51
7. Akkari N, Enghoff H, Stoev P, Mauriès J-P. 2010. On the identity of Basigona lucasii Silvestri, 1896, a poorly known millipede from North Africa, and notes on North African Chordeumatida (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Chamaesomatidae). Zootaxa 2427: 64–68.
6. Golovatch S, Mauriès J-P, Akkari N, Stoev P, Geoffroy J-J. 2009. The millipede genus Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) in North Africa. ZooKeys 12: 47–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.12.179
5. Akkari N, Stoev P, Enghoff H, Nouira S. 2009. The millipede order Julida (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) in Tunisia, with an overview of the North African species. Soil Organisms 81 (3): 453–488.
4. Akkari N, Stoev P, Lewis JGE. 2008. The Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) of Tunisia: taxonomy, distribution and habitats. ZooKeys 3: 77–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.3.51
3. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2008. Cylindroiulus mitta n. sp., a new Tunisian millipede (Diplopoda, Julida: Julidae) and notes on the Cylindroiulus distinctus group. Zootaxa 1768: 61–68.
2. Akkari N, Enghoff H. 2008. Notes on the genus Afropachyiulus Schubart, 1960 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae) with description of a new species from Algeria. Zootaxa 1872: 29–36.
1. Akkari N, Voigtländer K. 2007. Ommatoiulus malleatus n. sp., a new Tunisian millipede, with notes on the punicus species group of Ommatoiulus (Diplopoda, Julidae). Zootaxa 1400: 59–68.
Popular sicence
Akkari, N. 2022. Neue Tierarten aus tiefen Höhlen. In L. Plan, P. Oberender, & A. Kroh (Eds.), Höhlen – Schatzkammern der Wissenschaft (pp. 30–33). Verlag des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien.
Akkari N & Anti?. 2021. On the beautiful genus Trachysphaera Heller, 1858 (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae). Centre International de Myriapodologie [CIM], Newsletter (scheduled).
Akkari N & Anti?. 2020. Hidden species in caves and hidden treasures in Museums. Centre International de Myriapodologie [CIM], Newsletter (November 2020): 19-22.
Ganske A-S, Akkari N. 2018. An der Schwelle zur Kunst. Das Naturhistorische: das Magazin des NHM in: Universum 9: 108-109.
Akkari N. 2016. A new dimension in documenting a new species. Centre International de Myriapodologie [CIM], Newsletter (March 2016): 20-23.
Akkari N, Stagl V. 2015. Am Weg zum Mittelpunkt der Erde. Geophlius hadesi, ein höhlenbewohnender Hundertfüßer mit Tiefenrekord. Das Naturhistorische: das Magazin des NHM in: Universum, 9: 14.
Akkari N, Sattmann H. 2014. Tausendfüßer: Moderne Forschung & alte Sammlung. Das Naturhistorische: das Magazin des NHM in: Universum, 12: 12.
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Aktuelle Forschungsschwerpunkte
Biosystematics, phylogeny and evolution of Myriapoda, cybertaxonomy, functional morphology, millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda)