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Species conservation profile of the stenoendemic cave spider Pimoa delphinica (Araneae, Pimoidae) from the Varaita valley (NW-Italy)

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2017
Pimoa delphinica Mammola, Hormiga & Isaia, 2016 is a troglophile araneoid spider endemic of the high Varaita valley (Western Alps, Province of Cuneo, NW Italy).
Stefano Mammola   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Cyrtophora citricola (Araneae: Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae), a first record for Turkey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We recorded the tent-web spider Cyrtophora citricola (Forsskål, 1775) (Araneidae: Cyrtophorinae) from Turkey for the first time at two sites. Body measurements and a brief description of the female are presented, as well as information on the sites ...
Elverici, Mert   +3 more
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red - an R package to facilitate species red list assessments according to the IUCN criteria

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2017
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List is the most useful database of species that are at risk of extinction worldwide, as it relies on a number of objective criteria and is now widely adopted. The R package red – IUCN Redlisting
Pedro Cardoso
doaj   +3 more sources

First generation of multifunctional peptides derived from latarcin-3a from Lachesana tarabaevi spider toxin

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2022
The need for discovering new compounds that can act selectively on pathogens is becoming increasingly evident, given the number of deaths worldwide due to bacterial infections or tumor cells.
Luiz Filipe Ramalho Nunes de Moraes   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Web of the Spider. Laura Barr Lougee. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Cranbrook Institute of Science, 1964. 44 pp. $3.50. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Excerpt: It is a relief to find such a straightforward and objective work as Lougee\u27s The Web of the Spider. Her brief but lucid descriptions of spider anatomy, silk production and web construction will induce appreciation and observation of these ...
Drew, Leslie C
core   +2 more sources

Xanthurenic Acid Is the Main Pigment of Trichonephila clavata Gold Dragline Silk

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2021
Spider silk is a natural fiber with remarkable strength, toughness, and elasticity that is attracting attention as a biomaterial of the future. Golden orb-weaving spiders (Trichonephila clavata) construct large, strong webs using golden threads.
Masayuki Fujiwara   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A note on the depth-from-defocus mechanism of jumping spiders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Jumping spiders are capable of estimating the distance to their prey relying only on the information from one of their main eyes. Recently, it has been shown that jumping spiders perform this estimation based on image defocus cues.
Blum, Christian   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Differing Dietary Nutrients and Diet-Associated Bacteria Has Limited Impact on Spider Gut Microbiota Composition

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
Spiders are a key predator of insects across ecosystems and possess great potential as pest control agents. Unfortunately, it is difficult to artificially cultivate multiple generations of most spider species.
Wang Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitats and Spider Prey of \u3ci\u3eDipogon Sayi Sayi\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in Washington County, Maine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Spider wasps were reared from three types of trap-nests deployed in strip-clearcut areas of a spruce-fir-mixed hardwood forest of Maine. Collections of Dipogon sayi sayi from Mooseborn National Wildlife Refuge, Washington County, represent the ...
Jennings, Daniel T, Parker, Frank D
core   +2 more sources

Spider burrows in ichnological context : a review of literature data and burrows of the wolf spider Trochosa hispanica Simon, 1870 from Albania [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A general review of spider burrows and history of their research in eighteenth to nineteenth centuries are provided on the basis of the literature, which is dispersed and almost forgotten by majority of ichnologists.

core   +1 more source

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