Survey of Synanthropic Spiders in Ireland Reveals Expansion and Dominance of the Invasive Noble False Widow Steatoda nobilis in Urban Habitats (Araneae: Theridiidae) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.Rapid urbanisation has facilitated the establishment of large populations of the Noble false widow spider outside of its native range through the use of synanthropic microhabitats. In Ireland, we survey these favourable microhabitats for spider diversity for the first time and find that the Noble false widow now typically makes up more than 40% of the ...
Brandon L. Collier +5 more
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Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) as Overlooked Predators of Anurans in the Neotropics [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.This study reports novel field observations of harvestmen (Opiliones: Cranaidae) preying on live frogs across multiple Neotropical localities, documenting active capture and consumption of anurans by these arachnids. Our findings expand the known trophic role of harvestmen as opportunistic vertebrate predators and highlight the need to consider ...
Esteban Calvache +11 more
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A Deep Metagenomic Snapshot as a Proof‐of‐Concept for Resource Generation: Simultaneous Assembly of Host, Food, and Microbiome Genomes From Stingless Bee Larval Food [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.This study serves as a proof‐of‐concept, demonstrating that deep shotgun sequencing of a single complex sample—stingless bee larval food—can simultaneously generate multiple genomic resources. From this dataset, we assembled three genomes (a near‐complete bacterium, a draft host mitochondrion, and a fragmented plant chloroplast) with varying ...
Carlos Ueira‐Vieira +6 more
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A chromosomal-level genome assembly of Araneus marmoreus Schenkel, 1953 (Araneae: Araneidae) [PDF]
Scientific DataThe marbled orb-weaver spider, Araneus marmoreus (Araneae: Araneidae), is distinguished by its unique inflated, pumpkin-like abdomen. Numerous genome studies have been conducted on Araneidae species, providing insights into their unique biological traits.
Lu-Yu Wang +6 more
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The genome sequence of an orbweaving spider, Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a specimen of Gibbaranea gibbosa (orbweaving spider; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Araneidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 2,816.88 megabases.
Liam M. Crowley, Craig S Wilding
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The genome sequence of the furrow orbweaver, Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Larinioides cornutus (furrow orbweaver; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Araneae; Araneidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 2,304.58 megabases and 2,295.32 megabases.
Mark G. Telfer +2 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2013 Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) is one of the economically more important trees in the north of Portugal. Spiders, as generalist predators, are potential controlling agents of pests, yet the composition of the community of spiders associated with this ...
Jacinto BENHADI-MARIN +4 more
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Venom and toxins from Argiope lobata: electrophysiological studies
Біологічні студії, 2020 The purpose of this study was to present experimental data on the action of venom and toxins from Argiope lobata spiders on the glutamate channel-receptor complex.
O. M. Klyuchko
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Spiders (Araneae) from Agricultural fields near foothill of Satpura Mountain ranges of Amravati District, Maharashtra, India. [PDF]
, 2011 This paper deals with the study of spider distribution in agricultural fields adjoining the Satpura Mountain Ranges of the Amravati district. The total collection of spiders comprises 12 families, 37 genera and 76 species.
Anil J. Gaur +5 more
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A checklist of spider fauna of Rajasthan, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 The checklist of spiders of Rajasthan State in India is provided here, which is represented by 71 species of spiders included under 47 genera of 15 families.
Neisseril Anirudhan Kashmeera +1 more
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