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Predator mimicry: metalmark moths mimic their jumping spider predators. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2006 Cases of mimicry provide many of the nature's most convincing examples of natural selection. Here we report evidence for a case of predator mimicry in which metalmark moths in the genus Brenthia mimic jumping spiders, one of their predators.
Jadranka Rota, David L Wagner
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AN ENHANCED JUMPING SPIDER OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM [PDF]
Carpathian Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2022 Jumping Spider Optimization (JSO) algorithm is a more recent meta-heuristic algorithm shown to outperform recent algorithms in the literature. This paper presents a JSO variant that modifies standard JSO in its global search and jumping on prey phases to
Betrand Ngwa ATANGA +2 more
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Dimorphic Jumper Maevia inclemens (Walckenaer 1837) (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae)
EDIS, 2018 Maevia inclemens is a common jumping spider found in vines and ivy along tree lines throughout eastern North America. Learn about this interesting and possibly agriculturally beneficial spider in this 3-page fact sheet written by Laurel Lietzenmayer and
Laurel Lietzenmayer, Lisa Taylor
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Observations on web-invasion by the jumping spider Thyene imperialis in Israel (Araneae: Salticidae) [PDF]
, 2012 Observations on Thyene imperialis (Rossi, 1846) in Israel, Negev desert, invading a web of Cyclosa deserticola Levy, 1998 are reported. The female leapt into the orb-web to catch Cyclosa spiders.
Jäger, Peter, J\ue4ger, Peter,
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Phylogenetic, ecological and morphological characteristics reveal two new spider-associated genera in Clavicipitaceae [PDF]
MycoKeys, 2022 Clavicipitaceous fungi are pathogenic to scale insects, white flies and other insect orders. However, a few species are spider-associated. Two new genera from China, Neoaraneomyces and Pseudometarhizium, are described based on phylogenetic, ecological ...
Wan-Hao Chen +5 more
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New distribution records of two jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Gujarat, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2023 Two jumping spider species, Modunda staintoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) and Vailimia ajmerensis Caleb & Jangid, 2020, are reported for the first time from Gujarat.
Subhash Parmar, Dhruv A. Prajapati
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Pancorius guiyang sp. nov., a new species of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Guizhou Province, China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Pancorius Simon, 1902 is a relatively large genus of jumping spider family Salticidae and currently contains 42 valid species that are mainly distributed in South East Asia, 11 of which are recorded from China.A new spider species of the genus Pancorius ...
Weicheng Yang +3 more
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Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2015 A female of the jumping spider Heliophanus stylifer Simon, 1878 was found in the s’Albufera natural park on the Balearic Island of Mallorca (Spain). This species is new to Europe. Seven additional jumping spider species were recorded, including the first
Schäfer, Michael
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A new species of Pancorius Simon, 1902 (Araneae, Salticidae) from Guizhou, China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The jumping spider genus Pancorius Simon, 1902 is represented by 40 species primarily distributed in East, South and Southeast Asia. Amongst these, 10 (including eight endemics) are known from China.A new species, Pancorius lui sp. nov., is diagnosed and
Jiahui Gan, Xiaoqi Mi, Cheng Wang
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Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2014 The jumping spider Evarcha michailovi Logunov 1992 was recorded as new to Germany from a nature reserve in the south of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in a dry heathland habitat. Furthermore, the first records of the jumping spiders Evarcha laetabunda (C.
Martin, Dieter
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