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The Coevolution of Colour Patterns and Hindwing Shapes on a Large Phylogenetic Scale Reveals Predation‐Driven Adaptive Syndromes in Swallowtail Butterflies

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2026.
By combining computer vision and morphometrics on museum specimens, we show that hindwing tail shape and colour patterns evolved in concert across swallowtails. Long‐tailed species display contrasted stripes and marginal spots, suggesting coevolution of deflective traits promoted by natural selection by predators.
Agathe Puissant, Ariane Chotard, Fabien L. Condamine, Vincent Debat, Violaine Llaurens   +4 more
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Weaving together the past, present and future of Greek arachnofauna: Biodiversity, knowledge gaps and conservation

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 158-171, January 2026.
Greece hosts 1310 species of spiders, 226 of which are endemic. Out of the 202 assessed species in IUCN standards, 64.5% are assessed as threatened. Integrating 187 articles and other forms of literature, we present 18,000 unique occurrences across continental and island Greece. Spider conservation in Greece should focus on obtaining distributional and
Giannis Bolanakis, Savvas Paragkamian, Leonidas Maroulis, Panagiotis Kontos, Dimitris Poursanidis, Manolis Nikolakakis, Apostolos Trichas, Maria Chatzaki   +7 more
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Jumping spider invades an orb web to prey on a resident male

Ecosphere, 2023
While surveying operational sex ratios of the giant golden orb weaver Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) in Singapore, we documented a stunning case of predatory behavior of a jumping spider Viciria pavesii Thorell, 1877. A female V.
Matjaž Kuntner, Eva Kuntner, Maj Kuntner, Irena Kuntner, Daiqin Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The value of public databases for our knowledge of national spider biodiversity compared to a long‐term scientific monitoring project

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 228-239, January 2026.
Records in citizen science platforms in Sweden are biased towards visible, diurnal, urban species but provide a cost‐effective way to gather large datasets and engage the public. National scientific surveys like the Swedish Malaise Trap Project remain essential to detect rare and cryptic species without activity bias, though some spider families are ...
Fredrik Arvidsson, Klaus Birkhofer
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Menemerus fagei new to Malta and Europe (Araneae: Salticidae)

Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2013
The first record of Menemerus fagei Berland & Millot 1941 (Araneae, Salticidae) from the Maltese Islands is reported and discussed. It is the 20th jumping spider species for Malta and a new record for Europe.
Freudenschuss, Mario, Bauer, Tobias, Sciberras, Arnold   +2 more
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Prispevek k poznavanju favne pajkov skakačev v Sloveniji (Araneae, Salticidae)

Natura Sloveniae, 2001
Ob pregledu zoološke zbirke Oddelka za biologijo Biotehniške fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani in materiala, nabranega v zadnjih treh letih, je bilo odkritih 21 vrst pajkov skakačev (Salticidae), ki doslej še niso bile najdene v Sloveniji. To so: Asinellus
Cene Fišer, Rok Kostanjšek
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A new genus of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) inhabiting the South Island New Zealand rocky alpine zone

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 52, Issue 5, Page 716-795, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders) is among the most heavily researched groups of invertebrates globally. Nevertheless, in Aotearoa New Zealand most species have never been studied. While it is estimated that approximately 200 endemic salticid species are found across the country, only around 50 have been described and fewer than ...
Robin G. Long, Cor J. Vink, Adrian M. Paterson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of Epeus alboguttatus (Araneae: Salticidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The complete mitochondrial genome of Epeus alboguttatus (Araneae: Salticidae) is 14,625 bp in length (GenBank accession number MH922026). It was predicted to consist of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and a ...
Daxing Yang, Xin Yan, Kangkang Xu, Wenjia Yang, Can Li   +4 more
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Check list of the Hungarian Salticidae with biogeographical notes [PDF]

, 2013
An updated check list of the Hungarian jumping spider fauna is presented. 70, species are recorded from Hungary so far. Four species are new to the Hungarian fauna: Hasarius adansoni, Neon valentulus, Sitticus caricis, Synageles subcingulatus.
Samu, Ferenc, Szinetár, Csaba, Szita, Éva, Szűts, Tamás   +3 more
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Ecosystem services provided by spiders

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2217-2236, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Spiders, ubiquitous and abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, often are the subjects of an unjust negative perception. However, these remarkable creatures stand as unsung heroes within our ecosystems, contributing a multitude of ecosystem services critical to human well‐being.
Pedro Cardoso, Stano Pekár, Klaus Birkhofer, Angela Chuang, Caroline Sayuri Fukushima, Eileen A. Hebets, Yann Henaut, Thomas Hesselberg, Jagoba Malumbres‐Olarte, Ondřej Michálek, Radek Michalko, Catherine Scott, Jonas Wolff, Stefano Mammola   +13 more
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