Gregory D. Edgecombe
Gregory Donald Edgecombe (born 1964), British palaeontologist and myriapodologist.

Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
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Publications Edit
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2003 Edit
- Edgecombe, G.D. 2003. A new genus of henicopid centipede (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New Caledonia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 269–284. PDF. Reference page.
2004 Edit
- Farzalieva, G.S., Zalesskaja, N.T. & Edgecombe, G.D., 2004. A new genus and species of lithobiomorph centipede (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Anopsobiidae) from eastern Kazakhstan. Arthropoda Selecta 13(4): 219–224. PDF Reference page.
2008 Edit
- Edgecombe, G.D. & Giribet, G. 2008. A New Zealand species of the trans-Tasman centipede order Craterostigmomorpha (Arthropoda: Chilopoda) corroborated by molecular evidence. Invertebrate Systematics 22: 1–15. DOI: 10.1071/IS07036 Reference page.
2009 Edit
- Giribet, G., Cuéllar, A.G. & 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 81(3): 557–563. PDF Reference page.
2011 Edit
- Edgecombe, G.D., García-Bellido, D.C. & Paterson, J.R. 2011. A new leanchoiliid megacheiran arthropod from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale, South Australia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(2): 385–400. DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0080 . Reference page.
- Butler, A.D., Edgecombe, G.D., Ball, A.D. & Giribet, G. 2011. Resolving the phylogenetic position of enigmatic New Guinea and Seychelles Scutigeromorpha (Chilopoda): a molecular and morphological assessment of Ballonemini. Invertebrate Systematics 24(6): 539–559. DOI: 10.1071/IS10037 Reference page.
2012 Edit
- Giribet, G. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2012. Reevaluating the Arthropod Tree of Life. Annual Review of Entomology 57: 167–186. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120710-100659 .
- Muadsub, S., Sutcharit, C., Pimvichai, P., Enghoff, H., Edgecombe, G.D. & Panha, S. 2012. Revision of the rare centipede genus Sterropristes Attems, 1934, with description of a new species from Thailand (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae). Zootaxa 3484: 35–52. Preview Reference page.
- Paterson, J.R., García-Bellido, D.C. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2012. New artiopodan arthropods from the Early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia. Journal of Paleontology 86(2): 340–357. DOI: 10.1666/11-077.1 . Reference page.
2013 Edit
- Giribet, G. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2013. Stable phylogenetic patterns in scutigeromorph centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha): dating the diversification of an ancient lineage of terrestrial arthropods. Invertebrate Systematics 27(5): 485–501. DOI: 10.1071/IS13019 Reference page.
2015 Edit
- Edgecombe, G.D., Vahtera, V., Giribet, G. & Kaunisto, P. 2015. Species limits and phylogeography of Newportia (Scolopendromorpha) and implications for widespread morphospecies. Zookeys 510: 65–77. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.510.8573 Full article. Reference page.
- Siriwut, W., Edgecombe, G.D., Sutcharit, C., Tongkerd, P. & Panha, S. 2015: First record of the African-Indian centipede genus Digitipes Attems, 1930 (Scolopendromorpha: Otostigminae) from Myanmar, and the systematic position of a new species based on molecular phylogenetics. Zootaxa 3931(1): 71–87. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.5. Reference page.
- Stoev, P., Komerički, A., Edgecombe, G.D., Bonato, L. & Akkari, N. 2015. At the end of the rope: Geophilus hadesi sp. n. – the world’s deepest cave-dwelling centipede (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae). Zookeys 510: 95–114. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.510.9614 Full article. Reference page.
2016 Edit
- Fernández, R., Edgecombe, G.D. & Giribet, G. 2016. Exploring Phylogenetic Relationships within Myriapoda and the Effects of Matrix Composition and Occupancy on Phylogenomic Reconstruction. Systematic Biology 65(5): 871–889. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw041 Reference page.
- Siriwut, W., Edgecombe, G.D., Sutcharit, C., Tongkerd, P. & Panha, S. 2016. A taxonomic review of the centipede genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in mainland Southeast Asia, with description of a new species from Laos. ZooKeys 590: 1–124. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.590.7950. Reference page.
- Bonato, L., Chagas Jr., A., Edgecombe, G.D., Lewis, J.G.E., Minelli, A., Pereira, L.A., Shelley, R.M., Stoev, P. & Zapparoli, M. 2016. ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Online. Reference page.
2017 Edit
- Akkari, N., Komerički, A., Weigand, A.M., Edgecombe, G.D. & 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.687.13844. Reference page.
- He, Y.-Y., Cong, P.-Y., Liu, Y., Edgecombe, G.D. & Hou, X.-G. 2017. Telson morphology of Leanchoiliidae (Arthropoda: Megacheira) highlighted by a new Leanchoilia from the Cambrian Chengjiang biota. Alcheringa 41(4): 581–589. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2017.1320425 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
2018 Edit
- Ganske, A-S., Edgecombe, G.D. & Akkari, N. 2018. The peristomatic structures as a source of systematic characters in the genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). Pp 49–75 In: Stoev, P. & Edgecombe, G.D. (eds.) 2018. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology, Krabi, Thailand. ZooKeys 741: 1–269. Reference page. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.741.21706. Reference page.
- Stoev, P. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2018. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology, Krabi, Thailand: pp. 1–2 In Stoev, P. & Edgecombe, G.D. (eds.) 2018. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology, Krabi, Thailand. ZooKeys 741: 1–269. Reference page. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.741.24612. Reference page.
2020 Edit
- Edgecombe, G.D., Akkari, N., Netherlands, E.C. & du Preez, G. 2020. A troglobitic species of the centipede Cryptops (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from northwestern Botswana. ZooKeys, 977: 25–40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.977.57088 Reference page.
- Schileyko, A.A., Vahtera, V. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2020. An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): A new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825(1):1–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1 Reference page.
2021 Edit
- Ganske, A.S., Vahtera, V., Dányi, L., Edgecombe, G.D. & Akkari, N. 2021. Phylogeny of Lithobiidae Newport, 1844, with emphasis on the megadiverse genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). Cladistics 37(2): 162–184. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12431 Reference page.
2023 Edit
- Paterson, J.R., García-Bellido, D.C. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2023. The early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale radiodonts revisited: morphology and systematics. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(1): Article 2225066. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2225066 . Reference page.