Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2016 Twelve species of jumping spiders were recorded for the first time for the Greek Dodecanese island of Kos. Five of these species (Euophrys rufibarbis, Heliophanus equester, Menemerus taeniatus, Phlegra lineata and Pseudicius badius) are considered first ...
Schäfer, Michael
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First report of Psecas euoplus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 from Colombia, with new salticid records for the department of Córdoba (Araneae, Salticidae) [PDF]
Check ListPsecas euoplus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 is recorded for the first time from Colombia. In addition, the known distribution of the species Lyssomanes amazonicus G.W. Peckham, E.G. Peckham & Wheeler, 1889, Lyssomanes bitaeniatus G.W.
Leiner A. Suárez-Martínez +2 more
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Australasian Arachnology, Number 70, December 2004 [PDF]
, 2013 This is it, my first issue! As Tracey announced in the editorial of the last Australasian Arachnology, it’s now my turn ‘at the helm’ of our newsletter.
Framenau, Volker
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A new genus of neonine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Neonini) from Australia.
Records of the Australian MuseumThe Neonini is a tribe of small (1–5 mm) jumping spiders found in the Holarctic, East Asia and Australasia. They are very common in Australia where they make up the smallest sized salticids in the litter fauna.
Barry J. Richardson
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General-purpose and special-purpose visual systems [PDF]
, 2006 The information that eyes supply supports a wide variety of functions, from the guidance systems that enable an animal to navigate successfully around the environment, to the detection and identification of predators, prey, and conspecifics.
Land, Michael F, Nilsson, Dan-E
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A glimpse of the tropics : spiders (Araneae) in the greenhouses of the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem [PDF]
, 2010 In a survey of the spider fauna in greenhouses of the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem, 30 spider species were recorded. Two species are new to Europe: Theotima minutissima (Petrunkevitch, 1929) and Heteroonops spinimanus (Simon, 1891). T. minutissima is the
Kielhorn, Karl-Hinrich
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Chromosome mapping of dragline silk genes in the genomes of widow spiders (araneae, theridiidae) [PDF]
, 2010 With its incredible strength and toughness, spider dragline silk is widely lauded for its impressive material properties. Dragline silk is composed of two structural proteins, MaSp1 and MaSp2, which are encoded by members of the spidroin gene family ...
Ayoub, NA, Hayashi, CY, Zhao, Y
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First records of Epeus bicuspidatus and description of a new species of Epeus (Araneae, Salticidae) from Vietnam [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalEpeus is a genus of jumping spiders (Salticidae) comprising 20 species, four of which have been recorded in Vietnam.In this paper, we present descriptions and illustrations of two jumping spider species of the genus Epeus from Vietnam. Epeus bicuspidatus
Duc-Toan Vu +2 more
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Two new Thiratoscirtus species from Gabon (Araneae, Salticidae, Thiratoscirtinae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 2015 Two new species of jumping spiders, Thiratoscirtus oberleuthneri (♂) and Th. lamboji (♀), are described from Gabon, one of the least explored areas of the Afrotropics. Both species live in rainforest, at the forest floor.
Michael Seiter, Wanda Wesolowska
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Mitochondrial differentiation, introgression and phylogeny of species in the Tegenaria atrica group (Araneae, Agelenidae) [PDF]
, 2004 The relationships between the three members of the Tegenaria atrica group (T. atrica, T. saeva and T. gigantea) were examined with DNA sequence data from mitochondrial CO1, 16S rRNA, tRNAleu(CUN) and ND1 genes.
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