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The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae)

open access: yesEvolutionary Systematics, 2022
The new Australian orb-weaving spider genus Levianagen. nov. is described to include five species, all known from both sexes: Leviana dimidiata (L. Koch, 1871) comb. nov. (type species) (= Epeira sylvicola Rainbow, 1897 syn. nov.), L. cincinnatasp. nov.,
V. Framenau, M. Kuntner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Faunal diversity of orb-weaver spiders (Araneidae: Araneomorphae: Araneae: Arachnida) in India

open access: yesInternational Journal of Biological and Environmental Investigations, 2021
This review deals with the species diversity of the orb-weaving spiders (Araneidae: Araneae: Arachnida) in different states of India and the union territories. A total of 256 species belonging to 49 genera of Araneidae were recorded in all states and the
S. Rajendra, Singh Garima
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian Garden Orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae)

open access: yesEvolutionary Systematics, 2021
The new genus Hortophora in the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 is established to include 13 species from the Australasian-Pacific region, with ten species known from Australia (five of which new to science): Hortophora biapicata (L ...
V. Framenau   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Review of the Australian and New Zealand orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella (Araneae, Araneidae)

open access: yesZoosystematics and Evolution, 2021
The orb-weaving spider genus Novakiella Court & Forster, 1993 (family Araneidae Clerck, 1757) is reviewed to include two species, N. trituberculosa (Roewer, 1942) (type species, Australia and New Zealand) and N. boletussp. nov. (Australia).
V. Framenau   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dispersal and life-history traits in a spider with rapid range expansion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background Dispersal and reproduction are key life-history traits that jointly determine species' potential to expand their distribution, for instance in light of ongoing climate change.
Bonte, Dries   +5 more
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Nine new species of the spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

open access: yesZooKeys, 2021
Nine new species of the orb-weaver spider family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 from Menglun Town, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China are described: Acusilastongisp. nov. (♂♀), Chorizopesyuisp. nov. (♂♀), Chorizopesoidesguoisp. nov. (♂♀), Deionechenisp. nov.
Xiaoqi Mi, Shuqiang Li
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Electrophysiological studies of Nephila clavata venom and toxin influence on hippocampal neuronal membranes after pretreatment with Aspergillus oryzae proteases

open access: yesБіологічні студії, 2020
Background. The use of Arthropodae toxins for electrophysiological experiments is very important, but experimental data in this regard are scarce. The aim of this study was to obtain experimental data about the influence of Nephila clavata spider venom ...
O. M. Klyuchko
doaj   +1 more source

Spiders (Araneae) from Agricultural fields near foothill of Satpura Mountain ranges of Amravati District, Maharashtra, India. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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The northernmost record of Eriostethus rufus (Uchida, 1932) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an indication of new host, Trichonephila clavata (Koch, 1878) (Araneae, Araneidae) and its web manipulation

open access: yes, 2021
Eriostethus rufus (Uchida, 1932) is a polysphinctine ectoparasitoid of araneid spiders (Neoscona spp.) and is endemic to Japan. An individual was collected in Yamagata Prefecture (38 ̊ 46’ N), northern Japan, the northernmost record of the species and ...
K. Takasuka
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Araneae communities associated with the canopies of chestnut trees in the northeastern part of Portugal: The influence of soil management practices

open access: yesEuropean 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
doaj   +1 more source

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