•
Carl Attems (1868–1952), Austrian zoologist, described over 1,000 species •
Stanley Graham Brade-Birks (1887–1982), English myriapodologist who with Hilda K Brade-Birks authored
Notes on Myriapoda: 23 papers jointly from 1916 to the 1920s; then twelve more solo until 1939 •
Henry W. Brolemann (1860–1933), French myriapodologist, described around 500 species •
Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967), American arachnologist and myriapodologist, described over 1,000 species •
Orator F. Cook (1867–1949), American botanist and myriapodologist, co-described world's leggiest species,
Illacme plenipes •
Richard L. Hoffman (1927–2012), American entomologist, described over 600 myriapod taxa •
C. A. W. Jeekel (1922–2010), Dutch entomologist, produced the
Nomenclator Generum et Familiarum Diplopodorum which pioneered modern millipede taxonomy •
Otto Kraus (1930–2017), German myriapodologist and arachnologist, described nearly 500 species •
Robert Latzel (1845–1919), Austrian myriapodologist, pioneered use of
gonopods in taxonomy •
Harold F. Loomis (1896–1976) American botanist and myriapodologist, described over 300 species •
Paola Manfredi (1889–1989) Italian myriapodologist •
Yu-Hsi Wang Moltze (1910–1968), Chinese myriapodologist •
Filippo Silvestri (1873–1949), Italian entomologist, described over 600 species •
Ödön Tömösváry (1852–1884), Hungarian
naturalist, namesake of
organ of Tömösváry •
Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff (1867–1944), German entomologist, described over 1,000 myriapod species ==References==