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Do Laboratory‐Reared Flies Perform Differently as Pollinators? Morphology, Behaviour and Pollination Performance of Eristalis tenax (Syrphidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 150, Issue 6, Page 716-727, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Flies (Diptera) are important pollinators in global agriculture, yet little is known about how intraspecific trait variation influences their pollination performance. We compared morphological traits, foraging behaviour and pollination‐related performance metrics between laboratory‐reared (hereafter lab‐reared) and wild populations of ...
Abby E. Davis, Lena Alice Schmidt, Karen C. B. S. Santos, Samantha Harrington, Raylea Rowbottom, Amy Lucas, Cameron Spurr, Blake M. Dawson, Romina Rader   +8 more
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Beyond Temperature: Relative Humidity Systematically Shifts Juvenile Thermal Performance and Projected Population Growth in a Malaria Vector

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 6, June 2026.
Understanding how ectotherms respond to environmental change requires accounting for multiple interacting climatic factors; yet relative humidity is rarely integrated with temperature in trait‐based performance frameworks. Using laboratory experiments and an analytic population growth model, we show that humidity systematically modifies juvenile life ...
Paul J. Huxley, Joel J. Brown, Brandyce St. Laurent, Britny Johnson, Olivia Y. Cheung, Anna Asamoah, Brandon D. Hollingsworth, Eric R. Bump, Michael C. Wimberly, Mercedes Pascual, Leah R. Johnson, Courtney C. Murdock   +11 more
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Impact of Female Mating Status on Male Courtship Behaviour in a Sexually Cannibalistic New Zealand Fishing Spider

Ethology, Volume 132, Issue 6, Page 373-384, June 2026.
Scoring of male courtship behaviour in Dolomedes minor revealed no effect of female mating status on courtship duration or sequence structure, but males delayed the initiation of courtship when encountering previously mated females. ABSTRACT The evolution of male courtship rituals has traditionally been attributed to female mate selection, but may also
Bastien E. Clémot, Simon J. Connolly, Christina J. Painting   +2 more
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New Insight Into the Evolutionary Arms Race Between Spider Egg Sac Pseudoparasitoids and Active Maternal Care by the Spiders

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
We analysed various points of the counter‐adaptations of the spider egg sac pseudoparasitoid and spiders exhibiting active maternal care, utilising the ichneumonid Hidryta fusiventris and the wolf spider Pardosa lugubris. We observed that there is a time shift of approximately 1 month between the first egg sac of P.
Agata Kostro‐Ambroziak, Urszula Suprunowicz, Alicja Piotrowska‐Niczyporuk, Magdalena Czajkowska, Elżbieta Sandurska, Dawid Szymański, Dominik Szymański   +6 more
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New data on spiders (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae) of Georgia with description of a new species from Tegenaria lyncea group [PDF]

Caucasiana
In this paper we present new faunistic and regional data on the Agelenidae, Gnaphosidae, Linyphiidae, and Lycosidae of Georgia. Tegenaria hasperi Chyzer, 1897 (Agelenidae), Archaraeoncus prospiciens (Thorell, 1875), Trichoncoides piscator (Simon, 1884 ...
Armen Seropian, Levan Ninua, Ioane Rostiashvili, Natalia Bulbulashvili, Giorgi Makharadze   +4 more
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On the diversity of some spiders (Aranea: Arachnida) from Serbia [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2003
A total of 76 species from 16 families: Dysderidae (6), Theridiidae (3) Nesticidae (1), Linyphiidae (35), Tetragnathidae (1), Araneidae (1) Lycosidae (5), Agelenidae (3), Cybaeidae (1), Dictynidae (1), Amaurobiidae (5), Liocranidae (2), Clubionidae (3 ...
Ćurčić Božidar P., Deltshev C.C., Blagoev G.A., Ćurčić Srećko B., Tomić Vladimir T.   +4 more
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Solitary Confinement: Surprising Post‐Copulatory Behaviour of an Australian Species of Wishbone Spider (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae: Aname)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
Araneomorph spiders are regarded as a model group for sexual selection studies, while the mating system of mygalomorph spiders remains largely unknown. We here report on the mating behaviour of an Australian wishbone spider species, involving a novel post‐copulatory behaviour for mygalomorph spiders (‘burrow plugging’).
Andrea Piccinini, Jeremy D. Wilson, Mark S. Harvey, Michael G. Rix, Kimberley S. N. Wong, Leigh W. Simmons   +5 more
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Linear Peptides—A Combinatorial Innovation in the Venom of Some Modern Spiders

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021
In the venom of spiders, linear peptides (LPs), also called cytolytical or antimicrobial peptides, represent a largely neglected group of mostly membrane active substances that contribute in some spider species considerably to the killing power of spider
Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig, Heidi E. L. Lischer, Heidi E. L. Lischer, Stano Pekár, Nicolas Langenegger, Maria J. Albo, Maria J. Albo, Marco Isaia, Wolfgang Nentwig   +8 more
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Transition From Land to Sea: Comparative Genomics Illuminates the Adaptive Evolution of the Intertidal Spider

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 26, Issue 4, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Spiders are renowned for their ecological versatility and silk‐based innovations in materials science, yet marine environments remain virtually uncolonized by this predominantly terrestrial lineage. A striking exception is the obligate intertidal spider genus Desis, whose members have evolved extraordinary physiological and behavioural ...
Fan Li, Yunyun Lv, Chao Bian, Quentin Moana Perrin, Yubo Zhang, Yixiao Wang, Lei Cao, Long Yu, Shengtao Guo, Wei Zhang, Qiong Shi, Daiqin Li   +11 more
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The first known troglomorphic, eyeless spider wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): Troglopompilus miracaecatus gen. et sp. nov. from the Nullarbor Caves, Western Australia

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 2, May 2026.
Abstract Surveys of caves of the Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia, revealed a remarkable assemblage of exceptionally well‐preserved mummified arthropods, comprising Araneae, Blattodea, Coleoptera and Chilopoda, all of which exhibit high levels of troglomorphism, lacking eyes and showing a number of other adaptations.
Juanita Rodriguez, Andrew D. Austin, Jessica R. Marsh   +2 more
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