Nesrine Akkari

Nesrine Akkari, Tunisian myriapodologist

• Naturrhistorisches Museum Wien, Wien, Austria

Taxon names authored

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• 40 taxon names authored by Nesrine Akkari

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of Nesrine Akkari

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2008

• 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. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Akkari, N. & Enghoff, H. 2008. Notes on the genus Afropachyiulus Schubart, 1960 (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae) with a description of a new species from Algeria and a redescription of A. comatus (Attems, 1899). Zootaxa 1872: 29–36. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 
• Akkari, N., Stoev, P. & Lewis, J.G.E. 2008. The scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) of Tunisia: taxonomy, distribution and habitats. ZooKeys 3: 77–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.3.51 . Reference page. 

2010

• Akkari, N., Enghoff, H., Stoev, P. & Mauriès, J-P. 2010. On the identity of Basigona lucasii Silvestri, 1896, a poorly known millipede from Tunisia, with notes on the North African Chordeumatida (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Chamaesomatidae). Zootaxa 2427: 64–68. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2427.1.7 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2011

• Akkari, N. & Enghoff, H. 2011. Rharodesmus Schubart, 1960—a tropical element in the North African fauna: a new species from Tunisia and notes on the family Pyrgodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Zootaxa 2985: 55–63. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2985.1.4 Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00625.x Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.114.1490 Reference page. 

2012

• 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 3538(1): 1–53. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3538.1.1 . Reference page. 

2013

• Stoev, P., Penev, L., Akkari, N., Cheung, D.K.-B., Enghoff, H., Brunke, A., Souza, C.M. de, 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.328.6171 Reference page. 
• Akkari, N., Koon-Bong Cheung, D., 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.328.5763 . Reference page. 

2015

• Akkari, N., Enghoff, H. & Metscher, B. 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 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

• Golovatch, S.I. & Akkari, N. 2016. Identity of the Millipede, Pseudoniponiella kometis (Attems, 1938) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Cryptodesmidae). Tropical Natural History 16(1): 1–6. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Simaiakis, S.M., Akkari, N. & Zapparoli, M. 2016. The centipedes of Peloponnisos and first records of genus Eurygeophilus in the East Mediterranean (Myriapoda: Chilopoda). Zootaxa 4061(4): 301–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.1. Reference page. 

2017

• Golovatch, S.I., Geoffroy, J-J. & 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. Reference page. 
• Akkari, N. & Enghoff, H. 2017. Revision of the genus Ommatoiulus Latzel, 1884 (Julida, Diplopoda) in Portugal, with description of six new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 295: 1–42. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.295 . Reference page. 

2018

• Akkari, N., Gilgado, J.D., Ortuño, V.M. & 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.3.7 Reference page. 
• Akkari, N. & Mauriès, J-P. 2018. A review of the family Trichopolydesmidae in North Africa with a description of a new species from Tunisia. ZooKeys 786: 117–128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.786.28270 Reference page. 
• 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. 

2019

• Akkari, N., Macek, O. & Stoev, P. 2023. A revision of the millipede family Paracortinidae (Diplopoda, Callipodida). ZooKeys 1187: 341-399. DOI: 10.3897zookeys.1187.113473 Reference page. 
• Hilgert, M., Akkari, N., Rahmadi, C. & Wesener, T. 2019. The Myriapoda of Halimun-Salak National Park (Java, Indonesia): overview and faunal composition. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e32218. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e32218 Reference page. 
• Akkari, N. & Enghoff, H. 2019. Revision of the genus Attemsostreptus Verhoeff, 1941 with description of a new species from Tanzania and notes on the tribe Trachystreptini Cook, 1896 (Spirostreptida, Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy. 575: 1-12. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.575 Reference page. 

2020

• Antić, 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): 1–77. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4798.1.1 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Pimvichai, P.; Akkari, N.; Semenyuk, I.I.; Constant, J. & Enghoff, H. 2020. A strikingly coloured new giant millipede from Vietnam has copycat in Borneo (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Harpagophoridae). European Journal of Taxonomy 722: 1–15. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1129 . Reference page. 
• Vahtera, V., Stoev, P. & Akkari, N. 2020. Five million years in the darkness: A new troglomorphic species of Cryptops Leach, 1814 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) from Movile Cave, Romania. ZooKeys 1004: 1–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1004.58537 Reference page. 

2021

• 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. 

2022

• Antić, 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 1097ː 1–46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1097.83916 Reference page. 
• Enghoff, H. & Akkari, N. 2022. A new species of the hitherto monospecific genus Pleonoporus Attems, 1938 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae). Zookeys 1117ː 189–202. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1117.87765 Reference page. 

2023

• Antić, 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 1184ː 65–80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.113498 Reference page. 

2024

• 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1188.115802 Reference page. 
• Palandačić, A., Chai, M.J., Shandikov, G.A., Akkari, N., Frade, P.R., Randolf, S., Berg, H-M., Midschi, E. & Bogutskaya, N.G. 2024. An annotated catalogue of selected historical type specimens, including genetic data, housed in the Natural History Museum Vienna. ZooKeys 1203: 253–323. DOI: 74DDEA6C-E7BA-4731-99E9-092F8BC32EAB Reference page. 

2025

• Wesener, T., Akkari, N. & Golovatch, S.I. 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1223.139346 Reference page.