Sphingomyelinase D Activity in Sicarius tropicus Venom: Toxic Potential and Clues to the Evolution of SMases D in the Sicariidae Family [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 The spider family Sicariidae includes three genera, Hexophthalma, Sicarius and Loxosceles. The three genera share a common characteristic in their venoms: the presence of Sphingomyelinases D (SMase D).
Priscila Hess Lopes +4 more
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The Mediterranean as a melting pot: Phylogeography of Loxosceles rufescens (Sicariidae) in the Mediterranean Basin. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The species Loxosceles rufescens is native to the Mediterranean but considered cosmopolitan because it has been dispersed worldwide. A previous study revealed 11 evolutionary lineages across the Mediterranean, grouped into two main clades, without any ...
Marc Massa, Enric Planas, Carles Ribera
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New Record of Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Bashagard District, Southern Iran, with the Report of a Medically Important Species. [PDF]
J Trop Med, 2022 Spiders are the largest order of arachnids with some medically important species. Considering that no comprehensive research has been conducted on the fauna and distribution of Araneae in Bashagard County (Hormozgan Province) so far, the present investigation has been carried out on these essential issues in this deprived tropical region.
Hosseinpour A +3 more
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A new species of Loxosceles (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Tunisia [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2009 A new species of the spider genus Loxosceles, L. mrazig sp. n., found in Tunisia is described and illustrated. The male bulb shows a high degree of morphological similarity to that of L.
Carles Ribera, Enric Planas
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A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders [PDF]
Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) morphological trait • ecological trait Technology Type(s) literature extraction • observation Sample Characteristic - Organism Agelenidae • Amaurobiidae • Anapidae • Cybaeidae • Dysderidae • Hahniidae • Leptonetidae • Linyphiidae ...
Stefano Mammola +11 more
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Proteome Analysis of the Six-Eyed Sand-Spider Sicarius thomisoides Venom [PDF]
ToxinsSpiders of the Sicarius genera (Araneae: Sicariidae) are commonly known as six-eyed sand spiders. Of the species described in Latin America, the species S.
Tomás Arán-Sekul +5 more
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Transcriptome analysis of the spider Phonotimpus pennimani reveals novel toxin transcripts [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2023 Background: Phonotimpus pennimani (Araneae, Phrurolithidae) is a small-sized (3-5 mm) spider endemic to the Tacaná volcano in Chiapas, Mexico, where it is found in soil litter of cloud forests and coffee plantations.
Jonathan David Baza-Moreno +6 more
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The tiniest violin: the male of Loxosceles vallenar (Araneae, Sicariidae) [PDF]
ZooKeysIn recent years, several endemic species of Loxosceles, violin spiders, have been described from the North-Central Chile biodiversity hotspot, some of which have ambiguous placement within the species groups of the genus.
Ivan L. F. Magalhaes +3 more
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Island time and the interplay between ecology and evolution in species diversification. [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, Volume 9, Issue 1, Page 53-73, January 2016., 2015 Research on the dynamics of biodiversity has progressed tremendously over recent years, although in two separate directions - ecological, to determine change over space at a given time, and evolutionary, to understand change over time.
Gillespie, Rosemary G
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New Data on Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790, the Medically Important Spider Species (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Iran [PDF]
Archives of Razi Institute, 2021 Spiders are one of the most important orders of Arachnida comprising more than 48,000 species in the world. Except for families Uloboridae and Holarchaeidae, all others are classified as the venomous spider.
M Mohammadi Bavani +10 more
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