
born, November 1980
Professional activity
since July 2013
Head of section Oribatida
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Aug. 2012 – June 2013
Research assistant
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
in the project “Creation of the Red Lists 2020 – Preparatory Phase (FKZ 3511 861100)” of the Free University of Berlin for a test run Red Lists using the example of earthworms (Lumbricidae)
Jan. 2012 – June 2013
Research assistant
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Scholarship of the Swiss foundation “Pro Acarologia Basiliensis” for the study of the “Oribatidensynusien in the nature reserve Dubringer Moor”
Jan. 2008 – Okt. 2012
Doctorand
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
July – Dez. 2007
Research assistant
University Oldenburg
in the joint project “Entomological investigation to combat bluetongue disease”
June 2006 – March 2007
Student assistant
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Alfred Wegener Institut (AWI) Potsdam
University Potsdam
Education
Okt. 2012
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Degree: Doctorate (biology)
at the University of Leipzig; topic: The distribution routes of horn mites (Oribatida) and their immigration in raw soils
June – July 2010
Ohio State University
Soil Acarology Workshop, Acarology Summer Program
June 2006 – March 2007
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
Degree: Diploma (Biology)
Topic: “Characterization of lake types of the North German Plain using aquatic coleoptera”.
Aug. – Okt. 2010
Elbe Brandenburg Biosphere Reserve
Work experience
Registration of the water beetles in the Rambower Moor
Sept. 2003 – Jan. 2004
University of Newcastle upon Tyne (Great Britain)
Semester abroad
Okt. 2001 – March 2007
University Potsdam
Degree: Diploma (biology)
Specialisation in ecology/nature conservation
2020
Lehmitz, R., Haase, H., Otte, V. & Russell, D. (2020): Bioindication in peatlands by means of muti-taxa indicators (Oribatida, Aaraneae, Carabidae, Vegetation). Ecological Indicators 109, doi 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105837
2019
Graefe, U., Römbke, J. & Lehmitz, R. (2019): Die Waldbindung der Regenwürmer (Lumbricidae) Deutschlands. S.17-25. In: Dorow, W.H.O:, Blick S.U.P. & Schneider, A. (eds): Waldbindung ausgewählter Tiergruppen Deutschlands. Lumbricidae, Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Aculeata, Macrolepidoptera, Aves. BfN-Skripten 544. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn-Bad Godesberg. 388 S.
Schuppenhauer, M.M., Lehmitz, R. & Xylander, W.E.R. (2019) Slow-moving soil organisms on a water highway: aquatic dispersal and survival potential of Oribatida and Collembola in running water. Movement Ecology. 7(1):20
Maraun, M., Caruso, T., Hense, J., Lehmitz, R., Mumladze, L., Murvanidze, M., Nae, I, Schulz, J., Seniczak, A. & Scheu, S. (2019). Parthenogenetic vs. sexual reproduction in oribatid mite communities. Ecology and Evolution:1-9
2018
Balkenhol, B., Haase, H., Gebauer, P. & Lehmitz, R. (2018): Steeplebushes conquer the countryside – Influence of invasive plant species on spider communities (Araneae) in former wet meadows. Biodiversity and Conservation 27 (9): 2257-2274
2017
Schuppenhauer, M. M. & Lehmitz, R. (2017): Floating Islands: A method to detect aquatic dispersal and colonisation potential of soil microarthropods. – Soil Organisms 89 (2): 119–126
Lehmitz, R. & Decker, P. (2017): The nuclear 28S gene fragment D3 as species marker in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from German peatlands. Experimental and Applied Acarology 71(3), 259–276, doi 10.1007/s10493-017-0126-x
2016
Krause, A., Pachl, P., Schulz, G., Lehmitz, R., Senizcak, A., Schaefer, I., Scheu, S. & Maraun, M. (2016): Convergent evolution of aquatic life by sexual and parthenogenetic oribatid mites. Experimental and Applied Acarology, doi 10.1007/s10493-016-0089-3
Lehmitz, R., Römbke, J., Graefe, U., Beylich, A. & Krück, S. (2013): Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Regenwürmer (Lumbricidae et Criodrilidae) Deutschlands. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, 70 (4) Wirbellose Tiere (Teil 2), 565-590.
Lehmitz, R. & Maraun, M. (2016): Small-scale spatial heterogeneity of stable isotope signatures (δ15N, δ13C) in Sphagnum sp. transfers to all trophic leverl in oribatid mites. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 100: 242-251.
2015
Xylander, W.E.R., Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Lang, B., Russell, D.J. (2015) Boden ein unterschätzter Lebensraum. Biologie in unserer Zeit 6/2015: 388-395.
Lehmitz, R., Hohberg, K., Voigtländer, K. (2015) Senckenberg erforscht, wie Boden entsteht – Görlitzer Langzeitstudien zur Entwicklung von Bodenlebensgemeinschaften. Senckenberg – Natur Forschung Museum 145: 84-89.
Xylander, W.E.R., Lehmitz, R. & Lang, B. (2015): Unsere Böden – Unbeachtet, unverzichtbar und voller Leben. Senckenberg – Natur Forschung Museum 145: 74-77.
Hohberg, K., Lehmitz, R., Voigtländer, K. (2015) Wie ein Lebensraum entsteht – Bodentiere in der Bergbaufolge. The genesis of a habitat – Soil animals at post-mining sites. Senckenberg Jahresbericht 2013-2014 ISBN 978-3-929907-92-6: 36-42.
2014
Lehmitz, R. (2014): The oribatid mite community of a German peatland in 1987 and 2012 – effects of anthropogenic desiccation and afforestation. Soil Organisms 86 (2), 131-145.
Lehmitz, R., Römbke, J., Jänsch, S., Krück, S., Beylich, A. & U. Graefe (2014): Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Germany. Zootaxa 3866, 2: 221-245
2012
Lehmitz, R. (2012): Die Verbreitungswege von Hornmilben (Oribatida) und ihre Einwanderung in Rohböden. – Dissertation, Universität Leipzig, Fakultät der Biowissenschaften, pp. 99.
Lehmitz, R (2012): Milben – vom Winde verweht. – Natur • Forschung • Museum 142, 3/4: 130-131
Lehmitz, R, Russell, D., Hohberg, K., Christian, A. & W.E.R. Xylander (2012): Active dispersal of oribatid mites into young soils. – Applied Soil Ecology 55: 10-19
2011
Hohberg, K., Elmer, M., Russell, D., Christian, A., Schulz, H.-J., Lehmitz, R., R. & M. Wanner (2011): First five years of soil food-web development in ‘Chicken Creek’ catchment. In: Elmer, M., Schaaf, W., Biemelt, D., Gerwin, W. & R.F. Hüttl (Eds.), The artificial catchment ‘Chicken Creek’ – initial ecosystem development 2005-2010. – Ecosystem Development 3: 93-114
Lehmitz, R., Russell, D. J., Hohberg, K., Christian, A., Xylander, W.E.R. (2011): Wind dispersal of oribatid mites as a mode of migration. – Pedobiologia 54: 201–207
2010
Lehmitz, R. (2010): Typisierung von Seen Norddeutschlands anhand aquatischer Coleoptera.- VDM-Verlag, ISBN 3639290593, pp. 116.
2009
Lehmitz, R. (2009): Aerial migration of oribatid mites.- 10th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology, Ceské Budejovice, Abstract book, p. 48.
2008
Lehmitz, R., Christian, A. & W.E.R. Xylander (2008): Detection of migration mechanisms of oribatid mites.- EURECO-GFOE 2008, Proceedings, Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie 38: 449.


born December, 1990
Professional activity
since April 2016
PhD student
Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz
Department of Soil Zoology-Section Oribatida
Dez 2011 – Jun 2012
Student assistant
Botanica Science Center Bremen
Education
April 2020
TU Dresden
Degree: doctorate
Thesis: Investigations on passive aquatic dispersal and colonisation of oribatid mites using experimental and genetic methods
Feb 2014 – Feb 2016
University of Applied Sciences Bremen- City University of Applied Sciences
Degree: Master
International course of studies Technical and Applied Biology
Thesis: Contribution to the taxonomy of the genera Polynema and Stephanodes of Sweden,
Scholarships of the Entomological Associations (Entomologiska Förening) in Stockholm and Uppland
Aug 2014 – Feb 2015
Natural History Museum Stockholm
Internship in cooperation with Station Linné and the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Field of research: Taxonomy of the Mymaridae (dwarf wasps), barcoding, next generation sequencing
Jan 2013 – Jul 2013
Station Linné, Öland
Internship in the field of entomology and taxonomy (Brachycera-Milichiidae)
Sep 2012 – Jan 2013
Linnéuniversitetet – Linnaeus University, Kalmar
Semester abroad with focus on limnology, marine and fish ecology
Okt 2010 – Jan 2014
University of Applied Sciences Bremen- City University of Applied Sciences
Degree: Bachelor
International course of studies Technical and Applied Biology
Final thesis: Macrozoobenthos in ditches of the city forest as a potential for settlement in a retention water
2020
Ronquist, R., Forshage, M., Häggqvist, S., Karlsson, D., Hovmöller, R., Bergsten, J., Holston, K., Britton, K., Abenius, J., Andersson, B., Buhl, P. N., Coulianos, C.-C., Fjellberg, A., Gertsson, C.-A., Hellqvist, S., Jaschhof, M., Kjærandsen, J., Klopfstein, S., Kobro, S., Liston, A., Meier, R., Pollet, M., Prous, M., Riedel, M., Roháček, J., Schuppenhauer, M., Stigenberg, J., Struwe, I., Taeger, A., Ulefors, S.-O., Varga, O., Withers, P. & Gärdenfors, U. (2020): Completing Linnaeus`s inventory of Swedish insect fauna: only 5000 species left? PLOS ONE 15 (3):
e0228561. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228561
2019
Schuppenhauer, M.M., Lehmitz, R. & Xylander, W.E.R. (2019) Slow-moving soil organisms on a water highway: aquatic dispersal and survival potential of Oribatida and Collembola in running water. Movement Ecology. 7(1):20
2018
Schuppenhauer, M. M. & Triapitsyn, S. V. (2018): Contribution to the taxonomy of Polynema Haliday, 1833 and Stephanodes Enock, 1909 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) of Sweden. – Entomologisk Tidskrift 139: 159–183
2017
Schuppenhauer, M. M. & Lehmitz, R. (2017): Floating Islands: A method to detect aquatic dispersal and colonisation potential of soil microarthropods. – Soil Organisms 89 (2): 119–126

Dr. Peter Decker
Born 10 March 1983 in Mainz, Germany.
since 2019
Maternity cover in the section Oribatida at the SMNG
since 2019
President of the International Society for Myriapodology
since 2017
Scientific researcher at the SMNG in the project museum4punkt0: Development of an interactive identification key for soil organisms (Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Oniscoidea)
since 2017
Council member of the International Society for Myriapodology
since 2017
Member of the editor board of the Journal of the German-speaking Myriapodologist’s Working Group “Schubartiana“
2016 – 2017
Project coordinator of the DFG project (XY 12/6-1): Development of standards for the photographic documentation of permanent microscope slide mounts in precarious mounting media.
since 2014
Webmaster of the website of the International Society for Myriapodology (CIM)
2013
Scientific researcher at the SMNG within the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation project: Red List of endangered earth worms in Germany.
2010 – 2012
Scientific researcher at the SMNG within the BMBF project: GBIF informationsystem Edaphobase.
Education
2013 –2016
PhD at University Leipzig, Germany
2002 – 2010
Diploma Biology at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany.
2020
Decker, P. & K. Hannig (2020): Die Hundertfüßer, Tausendfüßer und Zwergfüßer (Myriapoda, Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla) einer Sandabgrabung bei Haltern-Flaesheim (Kreis Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen). – In: Hannig, K. (ed.): Zur Fauna und Flora einer Sandabgrabung bei Haltern-Flaesheim (Kreis Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen). – Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde 94: 667-680.
Voigtländer, K., Lindner, E. N. & P. Decker (2020): Rote Listen Sachsen-Anhalt. 21. Doppelfüßer (Diplopoda). – Berichte des Landesamtes für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt, Heft 1/2020: 411-417. pdf
Lindner, E. N., Voigtländer, K. & P. Decker (2020): Rote Listen Sachsen-Anhalt. 22. Hundertfüßer (Chilopoda). – Berichte des Landesamtes für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt, Heft 1/2020: 419-424. pdf
Hollier, J., Stöckli, E., Wesener, T., Mesibov, R., Decker, P. & P. Sierwald (2020): An annotated list of the millipede (Diplopoda) species described by Johann Carl. – Revue suisse de Zoologie 127(1): 183-240. pdf https://www.doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0015
Karam-Gemael, M., Decker, P., Stoev, P., Marques, M. I. & A. Chagas Jr. (2020): Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates: a review of IUCN and regional Red Lists for Myriapoda. – In: Korsós, Z. & L. Dányi (Eds): Proceedings of the 18 th International Congress of Myriapodology, Budapest, Hungary. – ZooKeys 930: 221-229. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.930.48943
Decker, P., Benz, B., Hannig, K., Hüther, B. & M. Hüther (2020): Dr Walter Hüther (1931-2019). – Soil Organisms 92 (1): 1-4.
pdf http://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/120/93
Decker, P., Benz, B., Hannig, K., Hüther, B. & M. Hüther (2020): Zur Erinnerung an Dr. Walter Hüther (22.08.1931 – 11.05.2019). – Schubartiana 9: 1-6.
pdf https://schubartiana.de/issues/pdf/vol9/decker-2020-zur_erinnerung_an_walter_huether.pdf
2019
Decker, P. (2019): Endlich eine Rote Liste für die Tausendfüsser. – Senckenberg – Natur – Forschung – Museum 149 (7-9): 116-118.
Decker, P., Wesenberg, J. & W. E. R. Xylander (2019): Mit dem Smartphone in den Boden abtauchen. – Senckenberg – Natur – Forschung – Museum 149 (7-9): 119-121.
2018
Voigtländer, K. & P. Decker (2018): Doppel- und Hundertfüßer (Diplopoda, Chilopoda). – In: Schuldes, S.; Mammen, U. (Bearb.): Die kennzeichnenden Tierarten des FFH-Gebietes „Huy nördlich Halberstadt“. – Berichte des Landesamtes für Umweltschutz Sachsen-Anhalt, Sonderheft 1 (2018): 45-84.
Decker, P. (2018): Phylogenetic and morphological discord indicates introgressive hybridisation in two genera of Australian millipedes (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). – ZooKeys 809: 1-14. – link
Arvanitis, C. D., Decker, P., Reip, H. S., et al. (2018): Research Infrastructures offer capacity to address scientific questions never attempted before: Are all taxa equal? – PeerJ Preprints 6: e26819v2. link
Decker, P., Christian, A. & W. E. R. Xylander (2018): Fotografieren statt Restaurieren? Ein virtuelles Mikroskop für Museumssammlungen „rettet“ historische Kleintierpräparate. – Senckenberg – Natur – Forschung – Museum 148 (4-6): 84-86. pdf
Jäger, P., Sierwald, P., Bieler, R. & P. Decker (2018): Otto Kraus 1930–2017. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 55: iii–viii. pdf
Decker, P., Christian, A., Xylander, W.E.R. (2018): VIRMISCO – The Virtual Microscope Slide Collection. – In: Stoev, P., Edgecombe, G.D. (Eds) Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology, Krabi, Thailand. – ZooKeys 741: 271-282. pdf
2017
Decker, P. (2017): Bitten by a blind passenger – Report of a Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758 bite in Germany (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). – Schubartiana 6: 23-25. pdf
Decker, P. (2017): Two cases of incongruencies between phylogenetics and morphology in Australian millipedes (Diplopoda, Poydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). – In: Panha, S. (Hrsg.): The 17th International Congress of Myriapodology. 23 July 2017, Maritime Park & Spa Resort, Krabi, Thailand. – Tropical Natural History, Supplement 5: 25.
Decker, P., Christian, A. & W. E. R. Xylander (2017): The Virtual Microscope Slide Collection VIRMISCO – Digitalisation of microscopic collection objects. – In: Panha, S. (Hrsg.): The 17th International Congress of Myriapodology. 23 July 2017, Maritime Park & Spa Resort, Krabi, Thailand. – Tropical Natural History, Supplement 5: 25.
Voigtländer, K., Iorio, E., Decker, P. & J. Spelda (2017): The subgenus Monotarsobius in the Iberian Peninsula with a description of a new pseudo-cryptic species from Northern Spain revealed by an integrative revision of Lithobius crassipes L. Koch, 1862 (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae). – ZooKeys 681: 1–38. pdf
Decker, P. & M. T. Marx (2017): The millipedes and centipedes (Diplopoda, Chilopoda) of the river banks and the stream islands at the northern Upper-Rhine in Germany. – Schubartiana 6: 1–15. pdf
Decker, P., Wesener, T., Spelda, J., Lindner, E.N. & K. Voigtländer (2017): Barcoding reveals the first record of Lamyctes africanus (Porat, 1871) in Germany (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). – Bonn zoological Bulletin 66 (1): 3-10. pdf
Lehmitz, R. & P. Decker (2017): The nuclear 28S gene fragment D3 as species marker in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from German peatlands. – Experimental and Applied Acarology 71(3): 259–276. pdf
Decker, P., Mesibov, R., Voigtländer, K. & W.E.R. Xylander (2017): Revision of the Australian millipede genus Pogonosternum Jeekel, 1965, with descriptions of two new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae). – European Journal of Taxonomy 259: 1-34. pdf
2016
Decker, P. (2016): Revision der australischen Gattungen Oncocladosoma und Pogonosternum (Myriapoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) mittels morphologischer und molekularer Methoden. – Dissertation, Universität Leipzig: 1–161
Reip, H.S., Spelda, J., Voigtländer, K., Decker, P. & N. Lindner (2016): Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Doppelfüßer (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) Deutschlands. – In: BfN (ed): Rote Liste gefährdeter Tiere, Pflanzen und Pilze Deutschlands. Band 4: Wirbellose Tiere (Teil 2). – Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70 (4): 301–324. pdf
Decker, P., Voigtländer, K., Spelda, J., Reip, H. S. & N. Lindner (2016): Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Hundertfüßer (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) Deutschlands. – In: BfN (ed): Rote Liste gefährdeter Tiere, Pflanzen und Pilze Deutschlands. Band 4: Wirbellose Tiere (Teil 2). – Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70 (4): 327–346. pdf
Voigtländer K., Decker P., Burkhardt U. & J.Spelda (2016): The present knowledge of the Symphyla and Pauropoda (Myriapoda) in Germany – An annotated checklist. – In: Tajovský, K., Tuf, I. H. & M. Skuhravá (eds) Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Myriapodology, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 20–25 July 2014. – Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 80(1): 51–85. pdf
Decker P. (2016): Integrative taxonomic revision of the polymorphic flat-millipede genera Oncocladosoma and Somethus in South Australia (Diplopoda : Polydesmida : Paradoxosomatidae). – Invertebrate Systematics 30(3): 201-218.
Nefediev P. S., Voigtländer K., Burkhardt U. & Decker P. (2016): The first records of Symphyla (Myriapoda) in Siberia, Russia. – Arthropoda Selecta 25(2): 153–155. zur pdf: pdf
Decker, P. (2016) Phylogenetic analysis of the Australian trans-Bass Strait millipede genus Pogonosternum (Carl, 1912) (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) indicates multiple glacial refugia in southeastern Australia. ZooKeys 578: 15-31. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.578.8052 article
Decker, P. (2016): Mosaic-like polymorphism in two genera of flat millipedes (Diplopoda: Paradoxosomatidae) in
southern Australia caused by multiple glacial refugia? – In: Wörheide, G.; Krings, M. (eds) 17th Annual Meeting of
the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, 21.-24.02.2016, München. Zitteliana 88: 17-18. – zur pdf: pdf
Wesener, T., Voigtländer, K.,Decker, P.,Oeyen, Jan Philipp and Spelda, J. (2016): Barcoding of Central European Cryptops centipedes reveals large interspecific distances with ghost lineages and new species records from Germany and Austria (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha). ZooKeys, 564. pp. 21-46. article
2015
Decker, P., Voigtländer, K. & H. S. Reip (2015): On distribution patterns of very rare Chilopoda and Diplopoda in Germany. – In: Tajovský, K., Skuhravá, M. & D. Král (Eds) Copntributions to Soil Zoology in Central Europe VI. Proceedings of the 12th Central European Workshop on Soil Zoology held in České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 8-11 April 2013. – Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 79 (3): 169–181. pdf
Decker, P., Voigtländer, K., Düker, C., Hutchinson, J. M. C., Lübcke, T., Moll, S., Mühle, E., Müller, J., Otte, V., Reise, H., Schindler, S. & G. Weinert (2015): Artenliste vom “Tag der Artenvielfalt” 2015 auf dem Städtischen Friedhof in Görlitz. – Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft der Oberlausitz 23: 161–170.
Decker, P., Hannig, K., Voigtländer, K. & T. Wesener (2015): Nachtrag zur Checkliste der Hundert- und Tausendfüßer (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda) und Artenverzeichnis der Zwerg- und Wenigfüßer (Symphyla, Pauropoda) Nordrhein-Westfalens. – Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde 80: 5–22. pdf
Wesener, T.; Voigtländer, K.; Decker, P.; Oeyen, J. P.; Spelda, J. & N. Lindner (2015): First results of the German Barcode of Life (GBOL) – Myriapoda project: Cryptic lineages in German Stenotaenia linearis (Koch, 1835) (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha). – Zookeys 510: 15-29. article
2014
Voigtländer, K. & P. Decker (2014): Diplopoda and Chilopoda from a special protection area in the Huy mountain range in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. – Fragmenta Faunistica 57 (1): 27-40. – zum Artikel: article
Burkhardt, U., Russell, D. J., Buryn, R., Decker, P., Döhler, M., Höfer, H., Lesch, S., Rick, S., Römbke, J., Trog, C., Vorwald, J., Wurst, E. & W. Xylander (2014): The Edaphobase Project of GBIF-Germany – A new online soil- zoological data warehouse. – Applied Soil Ecology 83: 3 – 12.
Decker, P., Reip, H. S. & K. Voigtländer (2014): Millipedes and Centipedes in German greenhouses (Myriapoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda). – Biodiversity Data Journal 2 e1066: 1-43. pdf
2013
Köhler, F., P. Decker, D. Doczkal, W. Fritz-Köhler, K. Groh, H. Günther, Th. Hörren, M. Kreuels, W. Mertens, Chr. Muster, P. J. Neu, J. Römbke & M. Ulitzka (2013): Gliedertiere, Schnecken und Würmer in Totholzgesieben im Naturwaldreservat „Grouf“ mit einem Nachtrag zum Naturwaldreservat „Laangmuer“ (Arthropoda, Gastropoda, Annelida) (2008-2009). – In: Murat, Danièle (ed.): Zoologische und botanische Untersuchungen „Grouf“ 2007-2011. – Naturwaldreservate in Luxemburg 10: 108–165. pdf
Schmidt, Chr., P. Decker, & H. Kinkler (2013): Hundert- und Doppelfüßer (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) des NSG Gronenborner Teiche. – Decheniana 166: 43–50. pdf
Decker, P. (2013): Annotated Checklist of the Millipedes (Diplopoda) and Centipedes (Chilopoda) of Singapore. – Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research National University of Singapore: 29pp. pdf
2012
Köhler, F., P. Decker, D. Doczkal, W. Fritz-Köhler, K. Groh, H. Günther, Th. Hörren, M. Kreuels, W. Mertens, Chr. Muster, P. J. Neu, J. Römbke & M. Ulitzka (2012): Gliedertiere, Schnecken und Würmer in Totholzgesieben im Naturwaldreservat „Beetebuerger Bësch“ (Arthropoda, Gastropoda, Annelida) (2007-2008). – In: Murat, Danièle (ed.): Zoologische und botanische Untersuchungen „Beetebuerger Bësch“ 2005-2011. – Naturwaldreservate in Luxemburg 9: 130–171.
Reip, H. S., P. Decker, K. Voigtländer, J. Spelda, E. Lindner, N. & H. Karsten (2012): Seltene Myriapoden Deutschlands (Diplopoda, Chilopoda). – Schubartiana 5: 49–112.
Lindner, E. N., H. S. Reip, J. Spelda, P. Decker & K. Voigtländer (2012): Dr. Otto Schubart (17. Februar 1900 – 8. November 1962) – Zum 50. Todestag. – In: Schubartiana 5: 1 – 40. Bestellen unter: Schubartiana
Decker, P. & K. Voigtländer (2012): Für die Oberlausitz seltene Tausendfüßer. – Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft der Oberlausitz 20: 135–136.
Tertilt, T. & P. Decker (2012): Management of urban millipedes in Singapore. – Research Technical Notes, Urban Ecology Series: 1–5. pdf
Marx, M. T., P. Guhmann & P. Decker (2012): Adaptations and predispositions of different middle European arthropod taxa (Collembola, Araneae, Chilopoda, Diplopoda) to flooding and drought conditions. – Animals 2: 564–590. pdf
Decker, P. & T. Tertilt (2012): First records of two introduced millipedes Anoplodesmus saussurii and Chondromorpha xanthotricha (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) in Singapore. – Nature in Singapore 5: 141–149. pdf
Schreiner, A., P. Decker, K. Hannig & A. Schwerk (2012): Millipede and centipede (Myriapoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda) assemblages in secondary succession: variance and abundance in Western German beech and coniferous forests as compared to fallow ground. – Web Ecology 12: 9–17. pdf
2011
Voigtländer, K., H. S. Reip, P. Decker & J. Spelda (2011): Critical reflections on German Red lists of endangered myriapod species (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) (with species list for Germany). – International Journal of Myriapodology 6: 85–105. pdf
Wesener, Th., M. J. Raupach & P. Decker (2011): Mountain Refugia Play a Role in Soil Arthropod Speciation on Madagascar. A Case Study of the Endemic Giant Fire-Millipede Genus Aphistogoniulus. – PLoS ONE 6 (12): 1–15. pdf
Olthoff, M., K. Hannig, K. Wittjen, Th. Zimmermann, Chr. Büning, P. Decker, Chr. Feuring, F. Kasparek, H. Kobialka, P. Leopold, M. J. Raupach, K. Reißmann, A. Rose, P. Schäfer, C. Schmidt, Chr. Schmidt, E. Schmidt, A. Schulte, K. Siepe, H. Sonnenburg & H. Terlutter (2011): Biologische Vielfalt auf dem Truppenübungsplatz Borkenberge – Vereinbarkeit von militärischer Nutzung und Naturschutz. – Natur in NRW 3: 37–41.
Decker, P., K. Voigtländer, D. J. Russel & W. Xylander (2011): The Edaphobase project of GBIF: A new online soil organism data warehouse and its utilisation in myriapodological research. – In: Abstracts, 15th International Congress of Myriapodology 2011 Brisbane, Australia, 18 to 22 July: 30.
Voigtländer, K., J. Spelda, H. S. Reip & P. Decker (2011): Red lists of endangered species for myriapods – sense or nonsense? Importance and insufficiencies of red lists for German Diplopoda and Chilopoda. – In: Abstracts, 15th International Congress of Myriapodology 2011 Brisbane, Australia, 18 to 22 July: 13.
Köhler, F., P. Decker, D. Doczkal, W. Fritz-Köhler, K. Groh, H. Günther, F. Haas, Th. Hörren, M. Kreuels, W. Mertens, Chr. Muster, P. J. Neu, J. Römbke & U. Manfred (2011): Gliedertiere, Schnecken und Würmer in Totholzgesieben im Naturwaldreservat „Enneschte Bësch“ (Arthropoda, Gastropoda, Annelida) (2007-2009). – In: Murat, Danièle (ed.): Zoologische und botanische Untersuchungen „Enneschte Bësch“ 2007-2010. – Naturwaldreservate in Luxemburg 8: 136–187. pdf
Decker, P. & K. Hannig (2011): Checkliste der Hundert- und Tausendfüßer (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda) Nordrhein-Westfalens. – Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde 73 (1): 3–48. pdf
2010
Decker, P. (2010): Buchrezension: SIGLING, SHURÁ (2010): Tausendfüßer (PraxisRatgeber). – Schubartiana 4: 52.
Decker, P. (2010): Contributions to the Myriapod fauna of Thailand – New records of millipedes and centipedes from Thailand (Myriapoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda). – Schubartiana 4: 23–34.
Decker, P. & K. Hannig (2010): Nanogona polydesmoides (Leach, 1815) – New for the German fauna (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Craspedosomatidae). – Bulletin of the British Myriapod & Isopod Group 10: 34–35.
2009
Marx, M. Th., P. Guhmann, T. Lessel, P. Decker & G. Eisenbeis, (2009): Die Anpassungen verschiedener Arthropoden (Araneae [Spinnen]; Coleoptera: Carabidae [Laufkäfer]; Collembola [Springschwänze]; Diplopoda und Chilopoda [Tausend- und Hundertfüßer]) an Trockenheit und Überflutung. – Mitteilungen der POLLICHIA 94 (2008/2009): 139–160.
Decker, P., Chr. Schmidt & K. Hannig (2009): Die Hundertfüßer und Tausendfüßer (Myriapoda, Chilopoda, Diplopoda) des Truppenübungsplatzes Haltern-Borkenberge (Kreise Coesfeld und Recklinghausen). – In: Hannig, Karsten; Olthoff, Mathias; Wittjen, Kerstin & T. Zimmermann (Hrsg.): Die Tiere, Pflanzen und Pilze des Truppenübungsplatzes Borkenberge. – Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde 72 (2): 469–478.
Decker, P. & K. Hannig (2009): Die Hundert- und Tausendfüßer (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) des Venner Moores bei Senden (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kreis Coesfeld). – Natur und Heimat 69 (2): 59–67.
Hannig, K., Chr. Kerkering, P. Schäfer, P. Decker, H. Sonnenburg, M. Raupach & H. Terlutter (2009): Kommentierte Artenliste zu ausgewählten Wirbellosengruppen (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Hygrobiidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae; Heteroptera; Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Crustacea: Isopoda; Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda) des NSG „Emsdettener Venn“ im Kreis Steinfurt (Nordrhein-Westfalen). – Natur und Heimat 69 (1): 1–29.
2008
Decker, P. & R. Pfeifle (2008): Anmerkungen zu Epibolus pulchripes (Gerstäcker, 1873), mit Hinweisen zu Zucht und Larvenstadien. – Arthropoda, Magazin für Wirbellose im Terrarium 16 (2): 42–45.
Decker, P. & K. Hannig (2008): Erstnachweis von Glomeris pustulata Latreille, 1804 (Diplopoda: Glomerida) für Nordrhein-Westfalen. – Schubartiana 3: 53–56.
2002
Decker, P. (2002): Allgemeine Hinweise zur Haltung tropischer Schnurfüßer (Diplopoda). – Arthropoda, Magazin für Wirbellose im Terrarium 10 (4): 4–5.
