ABSTRACT
​The new species of millipede Cylindroiulus villumi is described from a cave in the Estremenho karst massif in central Portugal. It is the first cave-adapted species of its genus with a strict subterranean life-style in continental Europe, and is the fifth blind species of the genus. The new species is illustrated with photographs and diagrammatic drawings. It is tentatively placed in the purely Iberian Cylindroiulus perforatus-group. The differences between the new species and its relatives are discussed, as well as its adaptations to a subterranean life-style.

Reference
Reboleira A.S.P.S. & Enghoff H. (2018). First continental troglobiont Cylindroiulus millipede (Diplopoda, Julidae). Zookeys, 795: 93-103. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.795.27619

"The 24th biennial Conference on Subterranean Biology was held on the campus of the University of Aveiro in Portugal from 20th to 24th August, following the previous conference held in USA (Culver 2016). The conferences are organized under the auspices of the International Society for Subterranean Biology, founded in 1979. It was the first meeting held in Portugal and in the Iberian Peninsula.
The conference had 110 registered participants, representing 25 countries, from all continents of the planet. The most represented nation was the United States of America with 18 participants, followed by Portugal with 17, and by Australia (13), Spain (8), Germany (8), Slovenia (7), Italy (7), Brazil (6), France (5), Denmark (3), Switzerland (2), Slovakia (2), Greece (2), United Kingdom (2), Netherlands (1), Poland (1), South Africa (1), Philippines (1), Romania (1), China (1), Cambodia (1), Croatia (1), Pakistan (1), Algeria (1), and Bulgaria (1). The age difference among participants ranged more than 68 years. During the registration period, more than 60 participants joined the International Society for Subterranean Biology as new members, which demonstrates the scientific impact of the conference and the pivotal role of the society."
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Reference
Reboleira A.S.P.S. & Gonçalves F. (2018). 24th International Conference on Subterranean Biology. Subterranean Biology, 27: 75-77. doi: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.27.30244

I am honoured to have been appointed Visiting Associate Professor at the Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, where I am going to stay over the the next months. Here in the company of my PhD student Andrea Castaño Sánchez, currently a Visiting Scholar at the same institution. We are working in the HiddenRisk project funded by the VILLUM FONDEN.

Because this is "The Conference" and "my favourite Conference", I was pleased and very honoured to Chair the 24th edition of the biennial Conference on Subterranean Biology. The event is organised under the auspices of the International Society for Subterranean Biology, for which I served as member of the Council and Vice-President over the last 6 years to a maximum allowed of 3 mandates.

More than 110 registered participants from all continents got together for more than 5 days of interesting and intense discussions about Subterranean Biology, with 5 pre-conference workshops, and a visit to a cave Lab. What else can be more interesting, right?

Here you can see all details about the conference and sponsors at: http://24icsb.ua.pt

Presentations and posters can be seen here: 
Reboleira A.S.P.S. & Gonçalves F. (2018). Subterranean Biology in the Anthropocene. Pensoft publishers. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.coll.109

Here you can see us in national television:
SIC Notícias: Portugal no topo da lista de biodiversidade subterrânea https://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/pais/2018-08-23-Portugal-no-topo-da-lista-de-biodiversidade-subterranea
RTP: Biólogos internacionais visitam Algar do Pena https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/biologos-internacionais-visitam-algar-do-pena_v1094647


I express my deep gratitude to my conference co-chair, as well as to all the staff on the organisation and secretariat for facilitating everything, and permitting a smooth and pleasant conference until the very end.

It worth pointing out that there was a age difference between the youngest and oldest conference participant of 68 years!

​To all colleagues and students: thank you so much for the great conference!

Jensen K., Rodrigues L., Pape T., Garm A., Santamaria S., Reboleira A. (2018) Hyperparasitism in caves: bats, bat flies and ectoparasitic fungus. ARPHA Conference Abstracts, 1: e29967. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.1.e29967

Soares J,. Marques, A., Gonçalves F.J.M., Reboleira A.S.P.S., Marques S.M. (2018). Evaluation of the suitability of sinkhole ponds and springs from two Portuguese karst massifs for amphibian early life stages development. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 1: e30451. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.1.e30451

Veloso T., Reboleira A.S.P.S., Gonçalves F.J.M., Oliveira H., Marques S. M. (2018). Accessing bioactive potential of cave bacterial extracts. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 1: e30109. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.1.e30109

Gouveia A.A.G., Reboleira A.S.P.S., Gonçalves F.J.M., Marques S.M. (2018). Caves as a source of new antimicrobial agents: The case study of antibacterial activity from microorganisms inhabiting Cerâmica cave, Portugal. ARPHA Conference Abstracts1: e30142. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.1.e30142

Castaño Sánchez A., Pereira J., Gonçalves F., Reboleira A. (2018) Comparative acute toxicity of the pharmaceutical compound Diclofenac on groundwater and surface water crustaceans. ARPHA Conference Abstracts, 1: e29822. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.1.e29822

ABSTRACT 
A catalogue of type specimens of basal hexapods (Collembola, Protura, Diplura, Archaeognatha, Zygentoma) in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen is presented. The NHMD collection harbours type material of 175 species, and it is composed of 132 holotypes, 4 neotypes, 3 syntypes, 32 lectotypes, and 39 paratypes. For Diplura one neotype is newly designated. The order Protura is represented by 5 families, Collembola by 7 families, Diplura by 6 families, Archaeognatha by 1 family and Zygentoma by 2 families.

Reference: Eusébio R., Sendra A., Enghoff H. & Reboleira A.S.P.S. (2018). Catalogue of the type material in the entomological collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark: basal hexapods. Zootaxa, 4457(2): 201-236. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.1

ABSTRACT
We describe five new species of fungi of the order Laboulbeniales Lindau growing on millipedes and belonging to the genera Diplopodomyces W.Rossi & Balazuc and Troglomyces S.Colla. Three new species of Diplopodomyces, viz. Diplopodomyces coronatus Santam., Enghoff & Reboleira sp. nov. living on Serboiulus spelaeophilus Gulicka, 1967 from Bulgarian caves, Diplopodomyces liguliphorus Santam., Enghoff & Reboleira sp. nov. on an unidentified species of Spirobolida from Sri Lanka, and Diplopodomyces ramosus Santam., Enghoff & Reboleira sp. nov. on Pachyiulus spp. from Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia; and two new species of Troglomyces, viz. Troglomyces dioicus Santam., Enghoff & Reboleira sp. nov. on Nepalmatoiulus sp. from Myanmar, and Troglomyces tetralabiatus Santam., Enghoff & Reboleira sp. nov. on Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970 and Heterocaucaseuma Antić & Makarov, 2016 from caves in Western Caucasus. Troglomyces dioicus sp. nov. is the first dioecious species described in the genus Troglomyces. Keys for all hitherto known species of Diplopodomyces and Troglomyces are presented, as is a discussion of the status of both genera. Additional records for Diplopodomyces lusitanipodos Santam., Enghoff & Reboleira and Troglomyces manfrediae S.Colla are also included.

Reference
Santamaria S., Enghoff H. & Reboleira A.S.P.S. (2018). New species of Troglomyces and Diplopodomyces (Laboulbeniales, Ascomycota) from millipedes (Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy, 429: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.429

ABSTRACT
Five new species of the recently created genus Occidenchthonius Zaragoza, 2017 are described from caves of Portugal: Occidenchthonius alandroalensis sp. nov., O. algharbicus sp. nov., O. duecensis sp. nov., O. goncalvesi sp. nov. and O. vachoni sp. nov. The species Occidenchthonius cardosoi (Zaragoza, 2012) and Chthonius ischnocheles (Hermann, 1804) are reported from new localities in different karst units of Portugal. New morphological characters are proposed for use in the Chthoniidae taxonomy. An updated key to the genus Occidenchthonius is given.

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​Reference: Zaragoza, J.A. & Reboleira, A.S.P.S. (2018). Five new hypogean Occidenchthonius (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Portugal. Journal of Arachnology, 46(1): 81-103. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-17-031.1

Very grateful for the invitation to participate in the "IUCN Workshop on Global Heritage – International Significance and Biodiversity Values". It was interesting to share my knowledge in subterranean ecosystems with geologists and other colleagues in the Vilm Island, Germany, 2-7th April.

Reboleira A.S.P.S. (2018). The dark side of human contamination: hidden impacts in subterranean ecosystems, legal framework and how to monitor subterranean biodiversity. p. 115. In: Vogel, B., Woo, K.S., Grunewald, R.C. & Stolpe G. (Eds.). Global Heritage – International Significance and Biodiversity Values. Workshop Proceedings. ISBN: 978-3-89624-237-2. doi: 10.19217/skr500

Reference: Henriksen, C.B., Reboleira A.S.P.S., Scharff, N. & Enghoff, H. (2018). First record of a Basidiobolus/Amphoromorpha fungus from a spider. African Journal of Ecology. doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12430